Israel-Palestine conflict

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In his recently published book Saving Israel: How the Jewish State Can win a War That May Never end," Israeli writer Daneil Gordis makes a case for fighting a war that will keep coming back to threaten the existence of Israel. According to Dr. Gordis, the extremist Palestinian groups will never accept a Jewish state in what they consider Muslim Middle East. So Israel must accept a ever present low-intensity war for the future.
But such a never-ending confrontation between Israel and extremist Palestinian group like Hamas may not be endless if both sides show restraint. The Palestinians should reject Hamas and vote for Fatah which has entered into a dialogue with Israel. Israel, on its part, should cooperate with Fatah to bring an end to the conflict.