Peace Dies Where Israel Is Rejected |
Why Peace Keeps Failing
Peace between Israelis and their neighbors has been attempted so many times that the pattern itself has become impossible to ignore. Every few years the question returns, as persistent as the conflict itself: Why does peace fail? Is it simply bad timing, or is something deeper at play? Recently someone asked me this again, and I found myself returning to the same uncomfortable conclusion. The efforts are real, the sacrifices undeniable, yet the results remain painfully consistent.
Since Israel’s rebirth in 1948, the hostility directed at the Jewish state has been astonishing. In the same decades that Israel has been fighting for recognition, security, and coexistence, the surrounding region has undergone massive political and religious expansion. Many historians describe how, over centuries, empires and religious movements spread across the Middle East, North Africa, and beyond. Today more than fifty countries identify with Islam in one form or another, and the demographic and political influence of those states continues to grow across Africa and Asia.........