Hmm. Well, I see what you are saying, but I think you are still drastically over-estimating the "peaceful" nature of Christianity compared to Islam or Judaism. There are many Jewish religious writings of peace and non-violence -- both Ghandi and Desmond Tutu have creditted them with inspiring their struggles.

AFAIK, Islam has yet to create a great peaceful leader, but to be fair, they haven't had the 100 years or so of relative peace to bring about that kind of cultural shift. Islam teaches violence as a last resort, and quite frankly the region has been plagued by one invader after another for the past couple hundred years. The Palestinians are, after all, fighting against those who siezed and occupied their homes and land. It might be time for them to let it go for the sake of peace, but what they truly lack is inspired leadership.

I think the actions of Israel have little to do with Jewish culture, and much to do with modern greedy politics. It's not fair, I don't think, to blame their religions for the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. You might as well blame Christianity -- if the Jews hadn't suffered centuries of Christian oppression in Europe, Hitler would have never been able to use them so successfully as a scapegoat, and the Zionist "terrorists" in Palestine would never have been able to get the support they needed from the west to sieze land for a Jewish state.

On one side we have a former terrorist in power, and on the other a war criminal. Is it any wonder that peace isn't made?