put down the weapons?

I received by email this succint description of the 2 different sides of the Middle East conflict...

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>Regardless of your feelings about the crisis between Israel and the
>Palestinians and Arab neighbors, the following two sentences clearly
>define the situation:
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> If the Arabs put down their weapons today there would be no more
>violence.
>
> If the Jews put down their weapons today there would be no more
> Israel
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