Ah Grishka so the link you linked us to for reference required us to trawl through linked video clips to enable us to find bits that prompted you to give your opinion on them which in your post you present as being those of Max Hastings - getting more ridiculous by the minute.

The First World War started because of what happened in Sarajevo on the 28th June 1914 and the actions and positions adopted by the Austrians and the Germans in the following month - and there was not a single thing that Great Britain could have done at any point from 1900 onwards that could have altered what happened.

Germany and Austria were to blame for the war they could have prevented it happening at anytime during the period 28th July to 31st July 1914 - They didn't as a matter of choice that was entirely theirs!

Basically I do not give a toss about the Arab/Israeli conflict, they've had 66 years to sort something out and they have failed spectacularly to do so. What the "so-called" Palestinians say they are fighting for now is less than they were offered and rejected in 1947 - as far as I am concerned they can all blow each other to bits tomorrow, the more complete a job they make of it the better.