It is not historical fact, claims, and interpretations vying for credence against counterfact, claims, and interpretations that have determined the course of events in Palestine. Rather it is how Israelis and Palestinians over the years have come to perceive their reality and how each has built a whole body of active mythology to give outer shape to its maturing energies. Each of the two peoples is molded by its historical experiences it has first internalized and then projected in varieties of expression. The substance of what is right, who is right, becomes subordinated to, or is preceded by, the texture and contours of a person's sense of otherness, the force and quality of his sense of oppression.