It has been a sadly recurrent condition of the Arab-Israeli conflict that no war lost by a humiliated Arab side has ever ushered in a peace settlement, just as no war overwhelmingly won by Israel has ever led its leaders to be magnanimous in victory.
Una característica tristemente recurrente del conflicto árabe-israelí ha sido la de que ninguna guerra perdida por un humillado bando árabe ha dado paso a un acuerdo de paz, del mismo modo que ninguna guerra abrumadoramente ganada por Israel ha movido nunca a sus dirigentes a ser magnánimos en la victoria.