LogFAQs > #953810020

Putting everything else aside (and there's a lot of "everything else") the only way this ends is if Israel works towards a reasonable solution for the Palestinians. Regardless of how things ended up the way that they are, Israel now has control of both the land and the power. However, they will never have peace, because they are effectively forcing many people to live in random patches of land with limited rights. Even if the Palestinians were 100% at fault for how things have turned out that simply is not a situation that will ever be stable. The history, as "rich" as it is, simply doesn't matter in that equation.

The truth is that Israel has no intention of ever giving Palestinians equal rights in a "one state" solution because if Palestinians had full voting rights Israel's government would be voted out. Demographics strongly favor the Palestinians. But Israel's religious fundamentalists strongly oppose a two-state solution. So: Israel's politicians can talk a good game about Palestinians needing to drop their opposition to Israel's existence etc etc...but it's fake. Israel has shown no willingness to work towards a real solution. They have the power to implement a solution and, if done in good faith, would have the backing of the rest of the world to deal with the Palestinians who didn't accept it. But they have not made a good faith effort in years (or possibly ever, depending on your point of view).

Maybe a new government will come to power there and try someday. Until then, it's unclear why the West would want to continue to ally themselves with a country that is, yes, friendly and relatively powerful in an unfriendly region...but also one of the primary CAUSES that the region continues to be unfriendly. The West owed an enormous debt to Jewish people following WWII, but this is no longer the way to pay that debt back (if it ever was).

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