P F Tinmore
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What is the alternative to a peace that is acceptable? Constant friction for a hundred, two hundred years until the nukes fly from all directions? Not to mention the economic costs for the vigilance needed.
The only hope is that Israel is accepted by Islam as co-religious believers in one and the same god and work on your similarities and bridge the mistrust and hate.
Where do you get this stuff from? None of the Arab nations are interested in war with Israel and Iran will be taken care of one way or another.
The Jews don't have to be accepted as co-religionists with the Arabs, the Arabs have to get over their xenophobia just as the Christians, with the exception of some posters on this board, have if they want to move out of the middle ages into the 21st century. Israel already has long established peaceful relations with nearly all the Arab states and as these societies mature, this situation will continue to improve.
You seem to be assuming that the Muslim Arab cultures will not evolve, but you only have to look back a few centuries to see Christians in Europe slaughtering one another over minor doctrinal differences in their beliefs and slaughtering or enslaving just about anyone else who was different from them. There is no reason to assume Muslim Arabs won't follow this same path.
I was talking about the future and Arab History of hundreds of years of resistance to Western Empires and countries... you say relations will improve? Can you provide a link or evidence?
Foreign relations of the Arab League - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Israel
Main article: Arab League and the ArabIsraeli conflict
Only two Arab States recognize Israel: Egypt, and Jordan, though it should be noted that these relations are not normal and contain inherent problems. Relations with Israel have deteriorated, especially after the last Gaza War, where Mauritania had suspended its relations with Israel.[17]
Don't forget that the US bought those two peace agreements with Israel for a couple billion every year each.