Israel - a Nation of Peace

One of the most common misconceptions portrayed throughout the media is that Israel is an aggressor that poses the greatest threat to the entire Middle East. What is hardly mentioned is the fact that Israel has time and time again proven to the international community that it genuinely wants peace with all its neighbours, can agree to a compormise, and can give up land and make numerous other concessions in return for genuine peace and cooperation.

Don't believe it? Then here are the facts so you can judge for yourself:

Israel signed independent peace treaties with Egypt in 1979 and Jordan in 1994, each time giving away either land, oil, settlements, or strategic military advantage to achieve a peaceful agreement.
Israel gave the Palestinian Authority land, money, weapons, training and intelligence, all in the hope that the PA would reciprocate with an end to terror and incitement.
The very formula "Land for Peace" (UN Security Council Resolution 242) indicates that Israel will compromise its own country for what it wants most - peace.
In 1917, 1937, 1947, 1956, 1979, and 1993 Israeli leaders established a pattern of accepting the handover of land in exchange for peace agreements with its Arab neighbors.

History of Compromises...

1948
Israel accepts the UN Partition Plan for a Jewish state and an Arab state. Arab states reject the plan and attack Israel.
1967
Immediately after fighting the Six-Day War, a struggle for its survival, Israel offers to exchange land obtained for peace.
1979
Israel gives the Sinai Peninsula to Egypt after the two countries sign a peace treaty that is still valid today.
1993
Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin signs a peace treaty with Yasser Arafat at Oslo. However, the accords fail in their attempt to disarm terrorist groups.
1994
Israel and Jordan negotiate a peace treaty that is still in effect.
2000
At Camp David, Israel offers to create a Palestinian state on 96% of the disputed territories. Arafat rejects the plan. The second intifada is launched and a wave of terror begins.
2005
After months of debating, Israel takes a painful decision to proceed with Ariel Sharon's so-called Disengagement plan from the Gaza Strip removing all Jewish settlements and army posts from the territory. Within a year the territory falls under the control of Hamas terrorist group who effectively turn the already impoverished Strip into a launching pad for crude Qassam rockets into Israel. This leads to escalation in rocket attacks on the nearby towns inside Israel's Negev Desert, particularly the town of Sderot.