re: #4 Romantic Heretic

Both the Israelis & Palestinians have legitimate claims to the same piece of land and neither group is going to conveniently go away. Each side understands the other quite well on that count, despite all the bullshit framing, propaganda, and historical revisionism that flows from various factions/leaders.

That means nothing short of ethnic cleansing or one side committing genocide against the other would provide a path to “victory” in the conventional sense.

As Oz says, the choice is compromise & life or fanaticism & death. Sooner or later they are going to have to choose.