"Let’s suppose, Israel gives away the acquired land to Palestine and Lebanon. Let’s suppose, India gives away Kashmir as a separate state. Let’s suppose, US stop exploiting the Arab Oil. The biggest question, will it stop!!!! Muslim Jihad against Jews? Muslim Jihad against Hindus? Muslim Jihad against Christians?" Perhaps not. What must follow is: R-E-S-P-E-C-T! Yes, in capitol, and in bold, RESPECT, for the lives, thoughts, inclinations, aspirations, and dreams of the Arabs. No, not for the minority Arabs' dreams to be fundamentalists, but for the majority Arabs' dreams to be free, to live as humans. That said, yes, return of the Arab lands occupied by Israel would certainly go a long way towards a lasting peace. Look deeper into history. Much, much deeper than what we general envisage when we think about Arabs and Jews, long before the 1967 Six-Day War, long before the 1948 war, and long, long before the mass migration of the European Jews to Palestine even started. Up until the Zionist migration to Palestine started in the latter half of the 19th century, encouraged and promoted then by the British, and later by the US, Arabs and Jews lived PEACEFULLY side-by-side, as brothers, sisters, loving neighbors. It was the advent of such ill-advised migration of the European Jews to Palestine that triggered the animosity between the two groups. Many “original” Jews who inhabited the Arab land, mostly Orthodox, still hold a great deal of sympathy for the cause of free Palestine. They resented then, and some still do, the Zionist expansion into Palestine, primarily because it sowed the seeds of hatred and violence between their religion and what they had considered until then their beloved Muslims brothers. Check below the pictures of some Orthodox Jews protesting against Zionist aggression at a recent rally against Israeli actions in Lebanon in New York. [Courtesy: http://samudaya.org/articles/archives/2006/07/rally_in_nyc_ag.php] Personally, I believe the creation of Israel was plain wrong in the very first place. However, it is a de facto that cannot be changed now, and I respect the reality of an Israeli state. Nevertheless, Israeli government, and the West, particularly the US, can do much more to allay the source of Islamic fundamentalism by letting go of the occupied territories first, and begin to respect the rights of the Arabs within Israel to equal opportunity, education, health, and other social amenities. Israeli government must stop treating its Arab citizens on a second-class footing. Of course, terrorism cannot be justified at any cost, on any level. But when military means are only exasperating the crisis, rather than resolve it, one must be open to other means to bring an end to such inhuman acts. And one can begin by carefully examining and coming to a true understanding of the root causes. De-occupation of Arab lands, and a beginning of embracing of a new perspective of Arab lives will probably not bring peace overnight – decades-old animosity will not be easy to eradicate. But someone has to start somewhere. The responsibility lies primarily with the US and Israel. They can either continue to try to suppress the feelings and aspirations of the Arabs by the virtue of their so-called “War on Terror”; or they can begin to respect the lives and the rights of Arabs, so as to cut the source of fundamentalism. Fundamentalism is not an entity in itself – it is constantly fueled by utter dismay at the seemingly-unbreakable cycle of injustice and suppression. Talking about fundamentalist dictators? Think about staunch Arab allies of the US: Jordan, Egypt and Saudi Arabia, along with other smaller principalities in the Gulf. Finally, ImI, change the title if you can. Be original. Unoriginal title suggests to me that your thoughts are likewise.