It is one of the biggies no doubt but it's naive to think the Islamists would suddenly start liking us if only we helped them get rid of Israel.

Another major problem is a staggering 500 million illiterate arabs. Another problem is a lack of democracy and freedom in the arab world. Another problem is fundamentalist Islam is culturally and militarily at war with Western Civ.

And thinking UN deployment to the West Bank and Gaza would result in anything but a boatload of dead UN troops followed by their hasty reteat out of there is wishful thinking.

The solution is the one Sharon has been pursuing. Unilateral Israeli withdrawl and separation. Arab-Israeli peae is for another generation yet unborn.