I applaud your attitude, and firmly believe you are part of a quiet (or less vocal) majority on both sides. Although this [1] project seems to have evaporated, things like that and your comment give great hope.
I'm Israeli too - I applaud and support the Gazan startup economy. I know this is the only hope to build a solid bridge between the Israeli and Gazan community.
[1] http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/29/technology/29compute.html