Concur: With Respect to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Jews, Christians, and Muslims were living in Palestine for centuries under ottoman and later european cololnial control without serious in fighting or civil unrest.
I was under the impression, from history class, that the territory was first promised to the local people it what was assumed to be a majority arab secular state before the Balfore declaration. The root of the conflict was the fact that that Muslim palestinans were screwed. Today the palestinians are amid squalor while the Israelis enjoy one of the highest stnadards fo living in the region. The disenfranchisement of the local people in favor of Jewish settlers from europe or where ever only server to inflame tensions and highlight the divergent standards of living for the different groups.
The Israelis have been at least as agressive toward their neighboring countries as the neighbors have been toward them. They have shown a strong tendancy toward preemptive strikes and agressive diplomacy. It is much more likly that their behavior rather than some sort of preexisting religious hatred by their arab muslim neighbors, is the cause of the existing tensions and animosity toward the Israelis among the same. At its heart the conflict is about land not religion.