Michael B. Oren says that our policies holding Israel back from creating a secure and stable situation for itself is responsible for the warfare and deterioration between Israel and the Palestinians.

In many ways our policy and especially the opinions of the Europeans reflect a profound racism, a broad anti-semitism in the broader sense, against both Jews and Arabs. The Jews are demonized as the "neighborhood bully" and all the old anti-Jewish propaganda is recycled. But the Arabs are seen as weak and ignorant wogs who need our protection from the Jews, no matter how fanatical and vicious their leadership. By excusing the terrorism of the Palestinians, we accord them a lower standard of civilization. By calling their efforts to destroy Israel a "fight for freedom," we associate them with our founding fathers, but on a much more degraded level.