The Middle East has been a region of conflict for centuries, and during most of that time, Israel and the Jews had nothing to do with it.

My people don’t understand that Israel is actually our friend and that if we followed its example, then we, too, would become prosperous like America and Europe.

We Arabs should have taken a lesson from the Japanese, who knew that following World War II they could not continue to view America as an enemy if they wanted to move forward.

Hamas is the armed wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. When such groups reach power, this is terrorism.