Palestine is no more real than Never-Never Land

What’s all the controversy in the Middle East about? I know that much of it, at the moment, is being generated by some loud voices and shrill protesters in Chicago – and Gaza.

If you believe what you read in most news sources, Palestinians want a homeland and Muslims want control over sites they consider holy. Simple, right?

Well, as an Arab-American journalist who has spent some time in the Middle East dodging more than my share of rocks and mortar shells, I’ve got to tell you that these are just phony excuses for the rioting...