Why Do We Hate Each Other?

“As long as the Arabs hate us more than they love their children,” said Golda Meir, “there will be war.”  The schoolteacher-turned-politician was a tough lady who saw plenty of hatred-driven conflict in her life.  But could not an Arab living on the east bank of the Jordan have said the same thing of the Jews?  But here’s the deeper question: Was she right? Is hating your enemy more important than seeing your children grow up, marry, and have a family?