But Islam is.
The real root of the conflict stems from Islamic teaching concerning as they put it:
The House of Islam/ The House of War:
"The Koran sees the world as divided into two - one part which has come under Islamic rule and one part which is supposed to come under Islamic rule in the future. There is a division of the world which is very clear. Every single person who starts studying Islam knows it. The world is described as Dar al-Islam (the house of Islam) - that's the place where Islam rules - and the other part which is called Dar al-Harb - the house of war. Not the "house of non-Muslims," but the "house of war." It is this house of war which has to be, at the end of time, conquered. The world will continue to be in the house of war until it comes under Islamic rule. This is the norm. Why? Because Allah says it's so in the Koran. God has sent Mohammed with the true religion in order that the truth will overcome all other religions. "
Lets clear up some long circulated MSM media bias:
The word "settlements" conveys the false impression that our Israeli friends in Judea and Samaria are living in thatched huts or something.
That word also serves the cause of the Arab/Islamist "myth and falsehood", charging that Israelis are "intruders" or "colonizers" in land that does not belong to them. As Netanyahu correctly stated in his recent speech, "Israel's ties to Judea and Samaria are 3500 years old." That pre-dates Islam and Arabs in the land by more than 2000 years!
How did the Arab Muslims come to be in Israel? The same way Babylonians, Persians, Greeks, Romans, British, and other Europeans:
Though invasion and "occupation". In the case of the Arab Muslim invasion and illegal "occupation" of Israel, it was the spread of Islam by the sword.
The late Jean Kirkpatrick, former U.S. Ambassador to the UN, elaborated on how the Arab/Islamists have used the myth and falsehood of Israeli "colonization" and "imperialism" in her excellent article, "How The PLO Was Legitimized"
The Hedgehog also weighs in:
Are Settlements an Obstacle to Peace?
And just who is advocating apartheid and ethnic cleansing?
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