Israel/Palestine

the blame for the disastrous current state of affairs with the OPT falls more or less equally between Israel and the surrounding Arab states. It is not as though Israel's policies were developed strictly of their own accord, out of a singular hatred of Palestinians.

Personally I see no way for Israel to disengage with the OPT in a real, meaningful way, (beyond merely symbolic gestures), without there being some sort of deep involvement by the surrounding, relatively stable, Arab states like Egypt, possibly Lebanon, and most of all, Jordan. The events leading to the plight facing Palestinians in the OPT falls at least as much to them as Israel, yet they have thus far done very little to accept responsibility for, or do anything to mitigate the damage caused by, their past actions.

This is not just "Israel's mess", just as it is not "the Palestinian's problem." It is a regional issue and addressing it as such is the best chance they have of solving it.