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Yes, that plus the overgeneralization in "The Arabs believe" and the overtones of religious flamewar in "affront to Islam".



“The Arabs” are a group of societies that have a readily ascertainable position on Israel and to whom the Holy Land belongs. Whether individual members of those societies might dissent from that view is neither here nor there. Individuals are irrelevant to what’s happening in Israel and Palestine.


Inflammatory and polemical generalizations about ethnic groups aren't a good idea here. Even if you don't intend them that way, there's way too much surface area to land painfully on.




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