The answer should be obvious, Meryl: an infinite number of times. It doesn’t matter what they say or how often they say it, the Western media will discount it and blame Israel for the failure to reach an agreement.

The Arabs don’t really mean their bloodcurdling and extraordinarily violent rhetoric…deep down inside they’re just ordinary folks who want to live and let live. It’s just the colorful Arab culture that produces these “never” statements.

Or so the story goes…and goes…and goes. And if at some point someone h-bombs Israel off the map the msm will ascribe it to “fringe elements” in Iran or whoever.