hiredgun

The reason the Arab world is at odds with Israel is mostly due to financial support (up to about $3 billion a year now) and unconditional diplomatic support. The US has a more one-sided policy on Israel than any other country in the world.

That said, the US has made many attempts at peace, (which on the whole is better for all involved, of course), most notably Clinton, who presided over the famous Handshake on the white house lawn, and who got very close to a new agreement near the end of his second term. A lot of this is overlooked by Arabs, though, because when push comes to shove, the US is on Israel's side in any dispute.

Right or wrong? It's hard to say. It's certainly true that the US has never questioned the human rights issues surrounding Israel's occupation of the West Bank and Gaza, and its unauthorized, unilateral "incursions" into these territories last year, during which the Church of the Nativity caught fire in Bethlehem and the refugee camp of Jenin was nearly razed to the ground. Allegedly, the civilians of some occupied cities were forced to stay indoors (one could argue that this was for their own safety), but there were reports that anyone who left his home was shot at, and that even ambulance movement was frozen by IDF forces, effectively keeping the injured from receiving medical attention.

So as for the original topic, the reason the Arab world is at odds with the US is because of implied and overt support for Israel (which implies support for its aggressive policies against the Palestinians). Arab nations see hypocrisy in American denunciation of human rights abuses in Arab countries (where they are quite common), when they refuse to censure Israel for its treatment of Palestinians.

Of course, whether or not Israel's actions are justified is a topic for another thread, and one that could likely start a massive flame war.