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Daniel Pipes (born September 9, 1949) is an American historian, writer, and commentator. He is the president of the Middle East Forum, and publisher of its Middle East Quarterly journal. His writing focuses on the American foreign policy and the Middle East. He is also an Expert at Wikistrat.

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The Israelis are very smart about politics and strategy, but there are a few exceptions. One is Lebanon, the other is Gaza, where they were completely inept.

Completely, Gaza, Inept, Lebanon, Smart, Strategy

The Jewish connection to Jerusalem is an ancient and powerful one. Judaism made Jerusalem a holy city over three thousand years ago and through all that time Jews remained steadfast to it.

Cities, Powerful, Three, Time, Years

Diplomacy in general does not resolve conflicts. Wars end not due to peace processes, but due to one side giving up.

Conflicts, Doe, Due, Giving Up, Processes, War

Again and again, when Westerners are perceived as denigrating Muhammad, the Koran, or Islam, Islamists demonstrate, riot or kill.

Denigrating, Islam, Islamists, Kill, Muhammad, Riot

Israelis must be encouraged to defeat the Palestinians.

Be Encouraged, Defeat, Israelis, Palestinian, Palestinians

Ultimately, there is no compromise. Westerners will either retain their civilization, including the right to insult and blaspheme, or not.

Civilization, Comeback, Insult, Westerners

The Koran is a not 'a product of Muhammad or even of Arabia,' but a collection of earlier Judeo-Christian liturgical materials stitched together to meet the needs of a later age. . . A few scholars go even further, doubting even the existence of Muhammad.

Age, Arabia, Christian, Doubt, Liturgical, Together

It’s a mistake to blame Islam, a religion 14 centuries old, for the evil that should be ascribed to militant Islam, a totalitarian ideology less than a century old. Militant Islam is the problem, but moderate Islam is the solution.

Blame, Evil, Ideology, Islam, Mistake

To me, every fundamentalist Muslim, no matter how peaceable in his own behavior, is part of a murderous movement and is thus, in some fashion, a foot soldier in the war that bin Laden has launched against civilization.

Civilization, Fashion, Foot, Fundamentalist, Launched, War

Nothing in the constitutions of Western states requires them to get involved in every foreign conflict.

Conflict, Constitution, Constitutions, Involved, States

I draw a distinction between traditional Islam and Islamism. Islamism emerged in its modern form in the 1920s and is driven by a belief that Muslims can be strong and rich again if they follow the Islamic law severely and in its entirety. This is a response to the trauma of modern Islam.

Belief, Islamic, Law, Muslims, Strong

So, this is my plea to all Western editors and producers: Display the Muhammad cartoon daily, until the Islamists become accustomed to the fact that we turn sacred cows into hamburger.

Cartoon, Daily, Editors, Fact, Hamburgers

You can't just read the Koran to understand Muslim life. You have to look at history, at personalities, at economics, and so on.

Economics, History, Looks, Personalities, Personality

My career divides in two: before and after 9
11. In the first part I was trying to show that Islam is relevant to political concerns. If you want to understand Muslims, I argued, you need to understand the role of Islam in their lives. Now that seems obvious.

Careers, Divides, Lives, Part, Political, Two