There is no other example of a nation that returned after a 2,000-year absence to a territory that it never stopped regarding as its homeland. So it is no wonder that the Arabs, especially the Palestinians, remain unable to comprehend, existentially or morally, what has befallen them.
原因之一是这场冲突在人类历史上是前所未有的。历史上从未有过这样的先例：一个民族从一片土地上缺失2000年之后又重新回归，他们也从未停止过将这片领土视为自己的祖国。因此也难怪阿拉伯人，特别是巴勒斯坦人仍然不能从存在和道义上理解他们所遭受的磨难。