For some 100 years, the following was considered an undisputed fact: The Arab-Israeli conflict is the “father of all Mideastern conflicts.” Should it be “resolved,” the world thought, we shall see cosmic tranquility descending upon the entire region. Mounds of “research” were written about this conflict, inflating to the point of becoming a bubble threatening to explode.
Yet then came the so-called ”Arab Spring” and the grim truth was exposed: The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is marginal compared to the region’s real conflicts and its actual influence is limited. Indeed, it was an imaginary conflict based on self-interested reasons.
Läs: Palestinians? Who cares! (Ynet)
After Israel gave the Palestinians most of Gaza, the first bus blew up at Dizengoff Square. After Israel gave the Palestinians Nablus and Ramallah, buses started blowing up in downtown Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. And after Israel suggested that the Palestinians set up a sovereign state on most of the occupied territories, they responded with a wave of terror. And as suicide terrorists were running amok in our cities, it started to dawn on people that maybe there was something defective about the promise of a great peace.
Läs: A new peace is needed (Ha’aretz)
