Haganah Bet

The call for Muslims in the Koran and hadiths to hate and kill Jews is well documented. They are called swine, apes, devil. History records the mass murdering of 900 Jewish men by Mohammad in Banu Qurayzah and their women enslaved and sold into slavery.
http://www.islam-watch.org/Larry/First-Final-Solution-of-Jews-of-Muhammad-Koran.htm

The US helped Islamists extremism by killing off Sadam Hussien. It is difficult to see how secular Israel can defend itself against the coming wars with the Shia Muslims this time round.
http://mattbeynonrees.blogspot.com/2007/07/hamas-brings-sunni-shia-hatreds-to-west.html
http://www.newstatesman.com/world-affairs/2007/02/sunni-shia-iraq-iran-arab

The Israelis may need the help of the secular Muslims under the Fatah government to defeat the religious fanaticism of the Hamas. http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/08/02/palestinian.infighting/index.html

Philip Tang, the Koran describes Jews as people of the book (as indeed even Hamas acknowledges) and some of the most advanced cultures in the last 1200 years have come when they live in peace with each other. That said, it ain't gonna happen anytime soon.

As to massacres, look at what happened between the Roman Catholic Church & the Eastern Orthodox Church (Constantinople springs to mind) and wonder how they ever managed to bury the hatchet (other than in each other). The fact is, they did, despite both sides despising one another as heretics for a millenium.

Regarding the Shia, the coming problem poses a far greater threat to Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, UAE, Turkey, etc. than most realise. The upcoming arms race will pose serious problems, as 'Mutually Assured Destruction' type arrangements require rationality on both sides and we ain't dealing with a region where rationality and statesmanship necessarily go hand in hand.

Paul,

I think there is a lot of support (particularly here & in Canada) for a return to the SLA occupation of Sth.Lebanon. In order to make it work there would need to be a change in how it was run - a separate quasi-State, with a solid northern border run entirely by the SLA with Israeli/US advisors, weapons & instructors, plus additional fire support should be enough. As a Democratic Christian State, it should be possible to get support from the Church groups in the USA and by shutting down the Litani-Drug Growing Zone, Hizbollah will be hurt badly. It must be strong enough to stand against Syria if it comes to that. But it would not be an occupation, more like a Christian homeland, the SLA would be equipped to (and must be able to) stand alone (for starters, leave their dependents in Israel under the protection of the IDF, thus depriving Hizbollah/Amal of targets). If Syria gets involved, of course there would be a mutual relationship with the IDF, but they must be able to deal with anything short of that. That would be a Lebanese solution to a Lebanese problem.