It is an interesting thought- if Israel had not kept the occupied lands post 67, and had withdrawn from those areas into the pre-1967 borders, would we have the scourge of terrorism today?
would the islamist be able to forment their hate towards the west if the israeli-palestinian conflict never escalated into the situation we now have?
I think not.
that is not to say that the israelis are to blame, they aren't for after all the israelis were in a basic survival mode, but at the same time their refusal to cede the occupied lands has aided the radical elements inside islam, and it has given the radicals a clearly defined enemy to focus their hate onto.
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