Other Voices: When Israel and Arabs Were Allies

By Dr. Peter Feinman

... the past is manipulated to suit political agendas in the present.... Arafat was playing a game of one-upmanship with the Jews. In effect he was saying: "I see your Book of Joshua claims of conquest and predate you. We were in the land first." ...

The Arabs chose to ally with their trading partner, Ahab's Israel, the leading provider of chariots to the coalition.