Israel/Palestine

...when the IDF(metaphorically at least)keeps bulldozing the house?

What Palestinians need is some breathing space...a reduction in the perpetual harassment from the IDF...and end to petty acts of meanness like the destruction of solar power panels(a technology that can't BE weaponized in any way at all)simply because the NGO that constructed the solar panels got sick of waiting for the IDF to approve the construction. Or the diversion of most of the water, or the restrictions on movement and the right to travel that make it impossible for many Palestinians to get work or to have any hope in life. There was never any justification for collective punishment, collective punishment has never made Israel any more secure, and its time to admit it doesn't work.

If you want Palestinians to make better choices, give them something to live for. It's not right to make every moment of the life of a West Bank or Gaza resident a punishment or a humiliation. And if prejudice is part of it(btw...assuming that the Palestinians act out of hatred of Jews, rather than legitimate anger at their treatment by the Israeli goverment, implies that Palestinians have no real valid grievances here. Do you actually personally believe this?

It's simple...if immiserating the people of the West Bank and Gaza hasn't caused the downfall of Hamas yet, it never CAN cause that downfall. The occupation has now gone on almost as long as the U.S. embargo against Cuba. We just admitted the embargo never worked and that it's time to end it. Why shouldn't Netanyahu do the same thing in this case?

BTW, far more Palestinians get killed than Israelis ever do. And many of those who are killed are civilians, some children(there SHOULD be a rule that children are never a legitimate military target, period).

It's not hypocrisy to reject the argument that the whole thing is the fault of the Palestinian leadership and the Israeli side are nothing but blameless, innocent victims who just want what's best for everyone. There is equal responsibility on both sides, and both sides have to change. It's just that there's no way for change to come FROM the status quo. The status quo is a failure. The continued existence of Hamas proves that.

Why can't you accept the fact that there's nothing in the current situation that is worth preserving? That the existing order does nothing to make Israel any more secure or peace any more likely? What the hell is there to like?