“Arab journalist defiantly accepts Israeli honor”

This little story might help to give some impression, at least, of the complexity of life within the Arab-Israeli conflict:

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765672216/Arab-journalist-defiantly-accepts-Israeli-honor.html?pg=1

Things might be easier if it were only a binary conflict between Arabs and Israelis.  But there are actually conflicts within conflicts, odd alliances, and unexpected rivalries and tensions.