[St.Chuck]

His colleague Robert D.S. Novak seems to make the same error of judgment. Buchanan and Novak seem to regard Israel as the aggressor, rather than the one under attack.

Hasn't it been Israel's policies in regard to their conquered territories that has fomented much of the universal animosity that Arabs hold for Israeli's. Isn't the U.S. viewed as culpable in the Arab mind, due to it's close association with Israel, it's vast military and financial support of Israel?

[Poohbah]

Hasn't it been Israel's policies in regard to their conquered territories that has fomented much of the universal animosity that Arabs hold for Israeli's.

Nope. Arab animosity preceded the 1967 war--helll, it preceded the existence of Israel as a sovereign state--by a VERY long period of time.

[optimistically_conservative]

You could go back 1000s of years. May I suggest 132 AD, the Bar Kochba rebellion, and come forward from there.

That would probably give you a good start for modern pan-Arab hatred of Jews.

[dennisw]

Hasn't it been Israel's policies in regard to their conquered territories that has fomented much of the universal animosity that Arabs hold for Israeli's.

Not a chance. You have bought a bushelful of Islamic lies to validate yourself. You omit the Muslim violence and Jihad prior to 1967 when Israel got the West Bank and Gaza.
RECOMMENDATION: Read a good history book on the Middle East.