"The Arab world is not in a compromising mood… Nations never concede; they fight. You won't get anything by peaceful means or compromise. You can, perhaps get something, but only by the force of your arms…But it's too late to talk of peaceful solutions" Bard 1. The Arab League Secretary Azzam Pasha said this statement on September 16, 1947, eight months before the state of Israel was established. The Arabs held this mentality in a time when Israel was not yet a fact. This trait was hereditary in the sense that it was taught to their children, who taught it...
shown the world that when it is allowed to take actions into its own hands, it can control the violence. One has only to look at the history of the conflicts and the outcome to see that no peace treaty has ever worked in the area, and that no peace treaty ever will work until terrorism ceases to exist. In order to accomplish this, Arafat must cut all of his ties to any terrorist organizations and take control of his people and lead them to believe that there is a way to live with their Israeli neighbors in peace.