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The U.S. has ploughed hundreds of millions of dollars into the Palestinian territories. The U.S. has endorsed a Palestinian state. The U.S. has pressured Israel to make territorial compromises with the Palestinians. Where is the increased love for the U.S. by Palestinians and by Muslims?

Is a U.S.-backed Israel the main obstacle to an Israeli-Palestinian peace settlement? Or is it actually unconstructive Palestinian attitudes, vividly expressed by the Palestinians' majority political party, Hamas, which demands Israel's destruction? Don't even "moderate" Palestinians implausibly demand a complete return to Israel's pre-1967 borders and the gradual demographic destruction of Israel, through an unlimited right of return for all the descendants of pre-1947 Palestinian residents inside what is now Israel?

Perhaps the Evangelical Left advocates of more U.S. pressure against Israel should ask whether tacitly giving hope to untenable Palestinian demands is actually doing any favors for the Palestinians. Rather than engaging in superficial public relations ploys aimed at winning Muslim approval for themselves, the evangelical letter writers might strive instead for a plausible and just peace in the Middle East.

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