We hear so much about attacks on Israel, and Israel counterattacks on its foes, that it is easy to imagine that if Israel somehow ceased to exist, peace would finally come to the Middle East.
But the end of Israel would not mark the end of war.
Right now, brutal civil wars are raging in Yemen, Syria, and Sudan. The bloodiest Middle Eastern war in modern times was the Iran-Iraq War of 1980 -1988, which claimed at least one million lives. None of these wars have or had anything to do with Israel.
In fact, if Israel ceased to exist tomorrow, its disappearance would cause a new war to break out … in the land which had formerly been Israel! This war would be between Hamas and Fatah for control of the abandoned territory. These two Palestinian factions have already fought one war in 2007 for control of Gaza. In that vicious fight, both sides committed war crimes. If Israel ceased to exist, Hamas and Fatah would likely fight another bloody war for control of the rest of the land.
The sad truth is that the Middle East is a violent neighborhood. Some Israelis may regret that Providence or Fate or both located their country there. But Israel’s disappearance would not bring about an end to war. It would just bring about the end of Israel.
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