I suppose there’s a certain degree to which one could perhaps admire the single-mindedness, but really, what a waste.

Let’s call it the humane, sophisticated, liberal—BUT REALIST, knitted brow—and therefore EXASPERATED POV, that MUST hold that it is up to the—perceived—stronger side in the struggle to make concessions to (and thereby achieve peace with) the—perceived—weaker side.

Which opinion had become TRUTH.

There is likely also an element of the pundit’s/journo’s/writer’s personality involved—i.e., the issue of personally wanting (or needing, or believing it possible) to be “in control” and therefore assuming, or rather insisting, that the stronger side IS—or MUST BE—likewise in control and therefore is in a position to bring about peace.

So that once again if peace is not achieved it s the fault of the—perceived—stronger side.

All this may be tinged with more than a bit of perfectionism (in the sense of “the perfect being the enemy of the good”) or even messianism. So that Israel MUST be perfect (or at least more understanding, more humane, more stable, MORE WILLING TO TAKE RISKS FOR THAT ELUSIVE BUT ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY AND MOST DESIRABLE GOAL; Israel’s enemies not so much….

Of course, all of the above may well be nonsense on stilts such that the ONLY reason why Israel is blamed by these paragons of analytic incisiveness, profundity and rectitude is because of the perverse sense of satisfaction they feel when blaming Israel for having consistently “nixed” that powerful elixir of PEACE (or not having done nearly enough to bring it about).

Or maybe it’s merely a matter of—to paraphrase Chesterton: if one has convinced oneself that Israel’s enemies NO LONGER HAVE ANY PLANS, AMBITIONS or DESIRE to destroy the Jewish State, then one is able to believe anything….

Of course Arabs dont need a theological reason to hate jews see sabri al banna nawatmeh habbash et al as a nationalist

And though Hamas approaches ITS brand of RADICAL Islam from the Sunni end of the spectrum, the uncompromising ideological hatred of the demonic Zionist enemy held in common by both Hamas and Iran is sufficient to paper over any theological differences they might have, though their relationship did suffer significantly during the Syrian civil war.
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However why did nasrallah really care about the jews in so far as the maronites were the lead foes of the shia in the 80s they contested fatah in the battle over the bourj

The professional arabist vs some iconoclasts like the late hume horan or alberto fernandez both of these i learned from robert kaplan

Moreover, and perhaps unfairly, Israel—created in “sin”—continues to insist that it should not be destroyed (and has taken measures to prevent its destruction).

The Arabs who have thus far failed to destroy Israel have because of this stubborn, ongoing failure on the part of the Zionist Entity become VICTIMS EXTRAORDINAIRE of what is perceived as Israel’s increasingly inhumane efforts to try to prevent its own destruction…by those pitiful, pitiable and long-suffering victims who have thus far failed to destroy it.

Hence, for as long as Israel continues to exist, it will continue to “live in sin”, IOW it will continue to deserve destruction; the corollary being that the longer it continues to successfully defend itself, the more it DESERVES to be destroyed.

This originally Arab perspective has spread world-wide because of Israel’s success AND because of what Wretchard has defined as “FRAMING”—in this case how the FRAMING of the I/P conflict has evolved over the past 60-odd years (let’s call it since June 1967).

And so, Israel will continue to have to defend itself…
…keeping in mind that its partners in peace only have to win once.

BUT…but…what MIGHT happen as a result of the the GLOBAL success of the Arab RE-FRAMING of the conflict—IOW, the successful CONVERSION of a once-sympathetic general attitude of people (and countries) WRT the Jewish State to BECOME one of distaste, horror, rage and enmity—could make Israel stronger, as significant numbers of Jews decide they must flee once-friendly environments that have turned hostile to find a new home in Israel. Perhaps.

To be sure, should such a significant, even massive, surge in immigration occur, then Hezbullah’s passionate—as Decent Joe Biden might have favorably considered him—leader, Hassan Nasrallah might have proven to be PROPHETIC…when he claimed, about a decade or so ago, that if the “Glorious Resistance” could somehow manage to get ALL JEWS to move to Israel, Inshallah, it would prove to be tremendously advantageous as it would enable those Jews—being concentrated in one relatively circumscribed location—to be destroyed with the greatest of ease, Inshallah.

(Hmm, wonder if that might have made Nasrallah a Zionist…?
Well, whether it does—or doesn’t—he can be considered a forward thinking strategist, one of the Arab world’s greatest, in fact…if, perhaps, not forward-looking enough….)

In the end…clearly…God is Great.

Nearly two generations of israelis have consumed this narrative

Of course it was orde wingate nephew of the british attache in egypt and a committed Christian who trained those who would become the Palmach what would become the Idf in broad strokes