It is often helpful to understand how we think before we approach new material. In American discourse, there are three dominant narratives in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, the Jewish Narrative, the Arab Narrative, and the Evangelical Narrative. Each of these has a way of integrating and interpreting material that creates a coherent explanation of the nature of the conflict and how the various parties interact. Many people deny they have a pre-existing narrative. Their perspectives are objective and rooted in facts. So they say.