The Israeli-Palestinian conflict endangers United States security. That violent, long-running fight causes strife and outrage in Islamic countries, with hostility frequently directed at the U.S. That relentless, unpredictable struggle increases the likelihood of the United States having to again intervene militarily in that part of the world. Because peace negotiations have failed, the United States and its allies need to impose a peace settlement on Israel, the Palestinians and the adjoining Arab countries, to end this corrosive conflict. This settlement may require the stationing of U.S. and other foreign peace-keeping troops on Israel's borders. President Obama says the United States is not at war with Islam. But if the present trend countinues, we may well be at war with them.



