Israel has invaded Gaza...

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Originally Posted by Ike Bana

Neither I, nor Israelis should say anything of the sort. A reasonable plan for a Palestinian homeland and a Jewish homeland was provided by the British Mandate and it was rejected right out of the gate and not by the Jews....
The problems all end when Hamas, Hezbollah, and Al Qaeda terrorism ends. When hundreds of rockets and mortar rounds aren't fired into quiet Israeli neighborhoods filled with people who just want to be left the fuck alone, but probably won't ever be because some religious fanatic and the dolts who are more than happy to follow him don't like who lives in the neighborhood.

Trying to make peace with those people is like trying to make peace with a fucking wolverine.

To the 3 bolded points:

The difference was that Palestinians (or whatever tribe you're comfortable calling them) had been living on the land for 2 millennia at that point and the Jews hadn't lived there in 2 millennia. Losing your ancestral home to a group because of persecution they suffered on other shores doesn't dampen the blow of the loss.

If Israel were indeed willing to live in peace within the 1967 borders, there would be a chance for a reasonable accommodation. We'll never know because that's off the table for Israel. However, Israel intentions with regard to Judea and Samaria are quite clear.

As for making peace with Palestinians, Israel has absolutely no interest in doing so if it were to interfere with their plans to take over Judea and Samaria (with the exception of walled-in urban ghettos in places like Hebron and Ramallah).