http://chart.googleapis.com/chart?cht=map&chs=600x500&chld=IL|JO|SA|EG|LY|SY|LB|IQ|YE|TN|MA|SD|DZ|BH|KM|KW|MR|OM|QA|SO|AE|PS&chco=aaaaaa|0000ff|00ff00 which shows how I feel about the Arab Israeli conflict.  The 22 Arab League countries have incredible area and natural resources.  Israel has no natural resources to speak of (some copper, some potash from the Dead Sea).  Now, it seems to me that if the Arabs wanted peace, then they could simply tolerate the existence of such a tiny corner of their empire.  But they don't.