[publius911]

A case could certainly be made that Arabs and other pagan Middle Easterners were at each other’s throats for a thousand years before Islam.

Of course.
"Israel" (indeed, the entire Levant) has experienced war and conflict almost continuously forever.

But islam is a clearly different story, easily distinguished from ancient barbarism. They brought a new definition to two-legged animals.

[stars & stripes forever]

American Historian WILLIAM FEDERER explains how Islam turned from a ‘religion’ into a world system. It didn’t take long...

https://www.c-span.org/video/?314071-10/book-discussion-every-american-needs-know-quran&buy=