People brought up in the rationalist tradition of the Enlightenment seek to understand causes. They don’t mind failing to comprehend wave-particle dualism, but are sure that social systems are comprehensible. They ask the destructive question, Why?
Why should Jews not intermarry? Why shouldn’t Raskolnikoff rationally kill the old usurer? Why do Muslims fight Israel?

The question Why gives the false impression that differences can be understood and settled rather than ignored and fought over. Academics with silly theories about the real world perpetuate the Why fraud. Straightforward theories fail to explain myriad complex interrelationships. We cannot explain why the price of oil today is such rather than another, but everyone seems to be an expert on the history of the conflict. The Muslim resistance to Israel stems from the interplay of many factors: Koranic pronouncements on Jews, Mohammed’s battles with Jews, Jewish collaboration with Muslims and Christians, social upheaval in Muslim societies, demographic pressure, nationalism, fear, arrogance, xenophobia, jealousy, insult—you name it.

The urge to understand one’s enemies is a modern phenomenon. Previous generations did not consider national aspirations, human rights, and the wishes of others. Understanding leads to compassion leads to defeat. The Allies neither agonized over the legitimate national aspirations of the German people nor studied their racial doctrines to find some flaws and persuade their opponents.
Nothing can be farther from the Jewish mindset than Why. The Jewish way of life was always about deeds, and rabbis reject attempts to explain the rules. The rules can be explained, but any attempt to do so undermines their authority. Likewise in politics. The moment Jews start arguing about the Arabs’ roots or legal rights to land in Judea, the battle is lost.

Why is irrelevant. Because.