[johnb838]

Then, again, perhaps Israel is not a peace because the Arabs will never accept a Jewish state in the midst of holy Muslim land?

It's only 'holy' because it belonged to somebody else and they wanted it. Arabs are the Ali-Babas and murderers.

[carton253]

That may be true... but that doesn't change the fact that the Arabs believe that land was ripped away from them by European guilt over the Holocaust... and it doesn't change the fact that they believe it is a part of greater Syria, and they want it back.

I'm not saying I agree with this assessment, but I am saying that the Arabs believe this as fervently as I believe that Israel has a right to exist in secure borders in peace.