In order to achieve peace in the Middle East the U.S. must stop completely supporting Israel.

Great reply, Kelly. I will address your arguments sequentially. "Palestinians must use specially marked Palestinian roads which are much less convenient and advanced than the Israeli roads." You will have to understand that Israel has suffered innumerable terrorist attacks, mostly killing innocent men, women, and children who simply want to live peacefully. What then is Israel supposed to honestly do? http://www.johnstonsarchive.net... "Palestine actually has existed since it went under Roman rule." I am aware, as I have already mentioned this. I wrote, "The Romans would later refer to Israel as Palestine, in commemoration of ancient Philistines, which have no ties to modern-day Palestinians, either by blood or by incident. This is where the name Palestine comes from." "by the time Israel was declared a state,these people had a nationality.Though their country was unofficial, they had and have lives,history,and culture." There is a misnomer concerning when Israel first became a state. During the reign of the Ottoman Empire, countries like Jordan and Israel were initially annexed. After the subsequent fall of that Empire, the League of Nations (predecessor to the United Nations) partitioned the land. Those of Arab and Bedouin lineage were given millions of miles of land. Millions! Particularly, Jordan was specifically given to the people who now refer to themselves as Palestinians, as Palestine is a large area, much larger than what it is known today. Due to the Balfour Declaration in 1917, the Jews repatriated in Israel, their homeland for thousands of years. This was mandated by the British Empire. Here are the articles declaring this lawful and legally binding: http://www.yale.edu... After World War II and the horrors of the Nazi regime, the surviving Jews of subsequent extermination fled to other countries. A large population of them fleeing to Israel which spurned on an all-out assault against the Jews. Why did this happen? Why do Arabs want the Jews out? It's real simple. 1. The Qur'an teaches that the Jews are inferior and disgusting people who fell away from Allah's graces -- that Allah has turned them in to apes and pigs. 2. The third holiest site in Islam is the Dome of the Rock. This is located in Israel, Jerusalem specifically. It also happens to built on the ruins of the Jews ONLY holy site, the Temple Mount (Solomon's Temple) which was destroyed twice -- once by the Babylonians, then by the Romans. 3. Arabs and Nazi's had been in collaboration in order to destroy the Jews. The Jews, in both their eyes, could do nothing to gain favor. This is because they born Jews. And there is nothing to change that. The Jews, in the eyes of many Arabs today, are essentially doomed. Their pact was for the extermination of the Jews. http://www.youtube.com... "This was invaded by the Jewish Zionist movement" There was no Jewish Zionist "invasion." The British gave that land to the Jews, and gave other lands to the Arabs. History shall not be determined by revisionists, but by truth. http://www.youtube.com... "it is NOT the Middle East that is instigating the poor relations with the US... we should instead be trying to befriend the other Arab nations" Are you aware that the United States was attacked, completely unprovoked, a total of 16 times BEFORE 9/11? 1. TWA Flight 741: 1970 2. US Embassy in Pakistan attacked: 1979 3. US Embassy in Beirut bombing: 1983 4. Marine barracks bombing in Beirut: 1983 5. Hezbollah bombs Embassy annex in Awkar: 1984 6. TWA Flight 847: 1985 7. Achille Lauro hijacking by Palestinians: 1985 8. Berlin discotheque bombing: 1986 9. Pan Am Flight 103: 1988 10. World Trade Center bombing: 1993 11. Attack on CIA headquarters: 1993 12. Murder of US diplomats in Pakistan: 1995 13. Khobar Towers bombing: 1996 14. US Embassy bombings in Kenya: 1998 15. US Embassy bombing in Tanzania: 1998 16. USS Cole bombing: 2000 Do you know how much retaliatory strikes were made during these? Two. The US sent in forces in to Beirut for a small incursion, and for the USS Cole former President Clinton sent a cruise missile in to an aspirin factory. Please justify how being a friend of Israel as opposed to denying Islamic extremism, somehow makes the US and Israel the monster of all monsters. The United States has always attempted to befriend the Middle East. What you are actually suggesting is that the US acquiesce to the demands of a murderous and bloodthirsty people bent on world domination and total conversion to their religion. Look what appeasement has done to Lebanon, once called the "Paris of the Middle East." It used to be inhabited by Muslims, Jews and Christians in peace and prosperity until this band of thugs murdered the Christians and Jews. Look at what is happening in Europe through appeasement. France's epidemic strain of virulent Wahabbi-islamic extremism is eroding them from the inside out -- all in the interest of political correctness. Holland is right behind them. And what did they do to deserve such a scathing excoriation? Nothing. Just like the US and Israel did nothing to deserve this horrific treatment. Now you are suggesting that defending against this tyranny is itself tyrannical! How could you support such a contention? Please, look at what you are actually dealing with. I naturally defy you to show me anything comparable on the part of the Jews. http://www.youtube.com... This is the kind of propaganda that spreads throughout the Muslim world against a tiny nation, the size of Rhode Island. http://www.youtube.com... http://www.protestwarrior.com... "Isn't it logical that... there would be a slant in our media towards our ally, Israel?" No, actually, because the media is slanted to the left. The media and the governments policies do not coincide. That seems abundantly clear from Vietnam to Iraq. http://www.palestinefacts.org... "It is clear that Israel is intentionally slowly taking the West Bank and Gaza from the Palestinians." How can you honestly say that, when it is the opposite? The Israeli government has been systematically giving the Palestinians the West Bank and Gaza, completely opposite of what you are saying. http://www.breitbart.com... In the mind of the American government, they don't see Palestinians as being a separate people on a national level, than that of Israeli's. It would like Alaskans all of sudden referring to themselves only as Alaskans and not Americans. How would the US deal with an organization that is not recognized, except by popular vote of Palestinians, as a legitimate organization? I would like for you to read the official determination made by the US congress concerning the Palestinian Liberation Organization, and then ask me why the US seems to side with Israel. http://www.law.cornell.edu... This does not mean that America or Israel do not care about people who refer to themselves as Palestinians. What it means is that between the nucleus of power between the PLO and the US are shaky at best, and non-existent at worst. The US government, as well as Israel's, has a right to be wary and suspicious of the PLO given its record of sponsored terrorism. However, I am curious as to what you would like to see the US do in response to the alleged disparity you speak of. Because the US is always in a tight spot. Many of the people that are upset about America "nation-building" often don't mind when America nation-builds, so long as it coincides with their own ideological filter. What then should the US do about Palestinians that would suffice for you?