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Palestine is the cement that holds the Arab world together, or it is the explosive that blows it apart.

And in this respect, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been a tragedy, a clash between one very powerful, very convincing, very painful claim over this land and another no less powerful, no less convincing claim.

Palestinian ideology has become a lethal cocktail of radical nationalism and Islamic fundamentalism.

Palestinian violence is not a response to the capture of the West Bank and Gaza. Palestinian nationalism's roots are not so shallow.

Palestine is our unforgettable historic home. The very name would be a force of marvelous potency for summoning our people together.

Israel is stronger than all those who curse it.

The Palestinians are the only nation in the world that feels with certainty that today is better than what the days ahead will hold. Tomorrow always heralds a worse situation.

Strong Islamist trends make a fundamentalist Palestine more likely than a small state under a secular government.

The truth about Hamas and Islamic Jihad is that they don't prevent Israel from existing or even flourishing, they prevent Palestine from coming into existence.