THE U.S. BELIEVES ARAB TERROR IS THE PRODUCT OF A PARTICULAR GRIEVANCE OVER LAND... BUT ISRAEL KNOWS THAT IT IS THE PRODUCT OF RELIGIOUS FANATICISM.

Speaking in Munich recently, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry insisted that the absence of a Palestinian State is what fuels violence against Israel. (http://www.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2014/02/221134.htm) 

“Ask yourselves a simple question: What happens if we can’t find a way forward?” he asked. “Is Fatah going to be stronger? Will Abu Mazen be strengthened? Will this man who has been committed to a peaceful process for these last years be able to hold on if it fails? What is the argument for holding on? Are we going to then see militancy? Will we then see violence? Will we then see transformation? What comes afterwards? Nobody can answer that question with any kind of comfort.”

IF THIS IS THE CASE HOWEVER, HOW IS IT THAT ARAB VIOLENCE AGAINST JEWS PREDATES THE JEWISH STATE BY A LONG SHOT?  AND WHY IS IT THAT ALL JEWS ARE TARGETS OF ISLAMIST HATE, NOT JUST ISRAELIS?

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair , in a speech to the World Affairs Council in Los Angeles in August 2006said :

“It is almost incredible to me that so much of Western opinion appears to buy the idea that the emergence of this global terrorism is somehow our fault,” Blair said. “For a start, it is indeed global. No-one who ever half bothers to look at the spread and range of activity related to this terrorism can fail to see its presence in virtually every major nation in the world. It is directed at the United States and its allies, of course. But it is also directed at nations who could not conceivably be said to be allies of the West.”

“It is also rubbish to suggest that it is the product of poverty. It is true it will use the cause of poverty,” he added. “But its fanatics are hardly the champions of economic development. It is based on religious extremism. That is the fact. And not any religious extremism, but a specifically Muslim version.”

IN THE CURRENT PEACE TALKS, THIS IS A FUNDAMENTAL DIFFERENCE THAT UNDERLIES THE ISRAELI AND U.S. POSITIONS. 

     THE U.S. BELIEVES ARAB TERROR IS THE PRODUCT OF A PARTICULAR GRIEVANCE OVER LAND,

      BUT ISRAEL KNOWS THAT IT IS THE PRODUCT OF RELIGIOUS FANATICISM.

SIMPLY, IT ALL BOILS DOWN TO THIS SINGLE BIG  QUESTION ON THE MIND OF ALL ISRAELIS 

                                 WILL THE PEACE PROCESS ACTUALLY BRING PEACE? IF A PALESTINIAN ARAB STATE IS ESTABLISHED WILL THE REGION’S CHILDREN ACTUALLY BE ANY SAFER? 

ISRAELI Prime Minister Netanyahu continues to insist that PA leader Abbas recognize Israel as a Jewish state for this very reason.

 If Abbas will recognize Israel as Jewish and accept the presence of the Jewish homeland, then it can reasonably be assumed that his grievance is over territory.

However, his stubborn refusal to do so amounts to a blatant admission that he is motivated by religious bigotry that will never end with the establishment of a Palestinian state. {And by adopting this stance, Abbas has also thoroughly rejected America’s understanding of the Israeli-Arab conflict { THAT IT IS A PARTICULAR GRIEVANCE OVER LAND}.