Posted
3/16/2003 04:15:00 PM
by Ocean Guy
The more time goes by the more I am convinced by arguments like those in this piece by Michael Anbar, that the Arabs don't want peace, and won't accept peace with Israel. It's becoming obvious that they simply cannot accept a Jewish state in their midst.
...the Jewish people symbolize for Muslims the quintessential "evils" of Western culture that "invaded" the "Arab domain." The underlying cause of the Arab-Israeli conflict is not a territorial dispute or fulfillment of political aspirations of local Arabs. The true cause is the tremendous difference between the ethical value systems of Arabs and Jews that impedes a long-term political settlement of the conflict. read the rest...