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Anyone who understands the history of the Middle East knows the wars against Israel by the Arab-Muslim world are in reality wars against Jews.

GOLDSTEIN: Wars against Israel are wars against Jews Back to video

That doesn’t mean criticism of Israel is antisemitic.

It means the constant condemnations by Prime Minister Mark Carney and Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand of Israel wilfully ignore the motives of those waging war against it.

It means the so-called “two-state” solution to achieve peace is doomed to fail, not only because Hamas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu oppose it.

Conflict not about land

It’s doomed because the root of the conflict is not about land.

There’s plenty of land. The 22-member nations of the Arab League have a combined land mass of 8.16 million square kilometres, none of which they are willing to commit to alleviating the conflict.

Israel has a land mass of 13,715 square kilometres, excluding the West Bank and Gaza, which is smaller than New........

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