This article by Anne Bayefsky originally appeared on National Review
Much ink has been spilled blaming the state of U.S.--Israel relations on the poor personal rapport between President Obama and Prime Minister Netanyahu. The fact is that huggable Barney the Purple Dinosaur could have been Israel's elected leader, and the relations would have been equally hostile.
For seven decades from the moment of Israel's birth--through five wars, one campaign, eight operations, two "uprisings," and years of terrorism--Palestinian Arabs have done everything possible to avoid living peacefully side by side with a Jewish state.
