[ank_the_elder]

> There is a hardline element in some of the Arab populace who takes a violent approach to Judaism (indeed, many other religions too) - this is regrettable at best, and unlikely to ever be removed.

Hence why Israel needs to exist, and why it needs to be able to defend itself.

You are apparently unable to see your own thought to the end: if Israel stops defending itself as you suggest, its people will be massacred.