A retired ambassador argues that roughly 11 to 12.5 million Muslims have died in intra-Muslim wars since 1948, compared to about 100,000 in Arab-Israeli wars, citing Turkish historian Refik Turan among sources.
The piece contends this disparity should reshape US Middle East policy, specifically discouraging any Israeli territorial concessions in Judea and Samaria in exchange for normalization agreements.
It frames regional negotiations as inherently tactical rather than durable, invoking a 7th-century treaty as evidence that accords with Israel's neighbors are structurally unreliable.
The argument concludes that Israel functions as a security asset for the US and Arab governments alike, a framing that serves the piece's broader case against land-for-peace deals.
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