Jeffrey Goldberg: The Middle East conflict isn't about 'settlements'

Jeffrey Goldberg gets it partly right:

But there is danger in thinking that the removal of these settlements
would bring about a liberal, enlightened Middle East. The danger is
analytical: If you don’t understand what ails the Middle East, how can
you possibly fix it? It is also dangerous to scapegoat Israel for
problems it didn’t cause, in the same way that it has historically been