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[–] flossdaily -2 points 1 year ago

You can say it's all Israel's fault, but at no point in history have the Palestinians ever been willing to accept a peace deal that didn't include a clause that would make Israel either unable to defend itself (borders narrower than Central Park) or be voted out of existence (the consequence of Right of Return).

Palestinians have spent over half a century living under the absurd delusions that if they keep fighting, someday, magically Israel is going to just say, "gosh, you're right. We'll just disband our country and move to... Uh... Somewhere."

The cold, hard fact is that even with the constant threat of terrorism, Israel has continued to thrive, while Palestinians continue to sink deeper into poverty.

If Palestinians loved their children more than they hate Israel, they could end this tomorrow by accepting that they'll never get Israel proper back, but they could live in peace and with autonomy in Gaza and the West Bank with their own state.

Honestly, is like the entire concept of cutting their losses just never even occurred to them.

And since they have spent the better part of a century trying (and occasionally succeeding) to murder Israel children, I'm all out of sympathy for them.