It implies there's no real threat. No rational person could come to that conclusion after the past sixty years of history in that area.

For the record, I found the article to be fairly reasonable.

I expect another generation of politicians is going to have to beat their heads against this wall.

Israel turned Gaza over to the Palestinians. How's that going so far? Anyone seriously expect anything different if the West Bank is turned over? The fanatics are still running the show. I wish that would change--the Palestinian people badly need new leadership on a different model.

It's amazing how many people who sneer at the concept of "nation building" in one context seem to have enormous faith in the process when the subject of a "Palestinian State" comes up.