True. As in the Arab world, the concept of the modern nation state only came to Germany and Italy in the mid 1800's whereas the Arab world is likely 100-150 years behind on that process. This raises a significant points regarding how best to resolve the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. Israel is clearly a nation state and is able to function peacefully as such with like minded neighbors. The Palestinians, despite their demands for a state, clearly are not yet ready for statehood. I do not say this to be patronizing or demeaning, but the reality as demonstrated by the PA and Hamas leadership is neither is prepared to govern the Palestinians as a nation and to interact as a nation state with their neighbors. A people with a nation state have to be prepared to take responsibility for the actions of that state. The Germans demonstrated that after 1945. The various new nations of eastern Europe have more or less done the same in that time period. Egypt and surprisingly Jordan have done so in the Middle East. The Palestinians have not...and it is NOT for lack of massive input resources to help them rebuild after each of the wars THEY started. This makes resolving the problem far more difficult as Israel has no functional partner to negotiate with or hold accountable. It is all truly tragic.