We all have a problem that you obviously cannot perceive. Your views have been the predominent views of all zionists and those supporting Israel. Unfortunately It did not bring peace to Israel. Th rise of Islamic resistance has been relatively only recent. There was no prudent approach to solve the problem before that. So using the Islamic threat to support Israel is nothing more than another excuse to dodge the problem. What are you suggesting to solve the problem of a Palestinian state and the 63 year old Palestinian refugee problem? What are you suggesting to support over 500,000 Christians and a larger number of Moslems who are seeking a homeland. Right now what stands in their way is Israel and Hamas. To simply ignore this problem will not solve it, as it did not before. This Ostreich approach has failed and it did not bring peace to Israel and it will never do. Prudency demands to create a home for the Palestinians to create a democratic secular state where there is no major role for religion in affecting politics and such a state would also do its best to fight off Islamic fanaticism.

Your problem is that you are mixing politics with religion. If you keep your eyes open as you claim then you should understand that there is another side of the coin. Israel had problems with the Palestinians long before the surge of Islamic resistance, long before Hamas and Jihad were created. Actually if you want to know the truth, these Islamic organizations became popular to the Palestinians because of Israel’s greed for more land and its rejection to abide by international legalities. Almost 95% of the Palestinian people, including 500,000 Christians are against fanatic Moslems and all are asking for a future Palestinian state secular and democratic. The president of the Palestine authority (PA) is vehemently opposed to Hamas because his objective is to create a democratic secular state which is opposed to all Islamic organizations. Palestinians were evicted from their homeland and are living in sub-human conditions in refugee camps and are demanding to go home in conformity with UN resolution 194. They are not allowed not because they were Moslems but because Israel’s is very greedy in expanding in the W. Bank and uprooting more Palestinians. The Islamists rode the wave of Palestinian nationalism to expand their Islamic agenda. Mr. Abbas told the western world that Hamas would not last if Israel abide by international legality and withdraw to create space for the indigenous Palestinians to establish their state. By rejecting these offers Israel is indirectly supporting the Islamic fanatics who are telling the moderates that moderation will only invite more Israeli settlements. You said (whatever is left of it, meaning Israel) actually is now occupying the entire area of Palestine and there is nothing left for the Palestinians to build their own state. Is Israel would conform to UN resolutions Hamas will disappear in a very short time. You have no right to tell the Moslem moderates and the Christians that they should keep on living in the sub-human conditions of the refugee camps in the name of fighting Islam. Separate human rights and legal rights from Islamic hegemony, because most of the Palestinians are in favor of crushing the Islamic organization, but thanks to Israel they are becoming stronger because peaceful negotiations have failed leaving violence against Israel as the only way.