
Originally Posted by
cabernetluver
This is just historically inaccurate. For the first part of Israels existence, the people referred to as Palestinians were essentially being shuffled from one Arab country to another. The discordant behavior, from Israels point of view, through the early 1970's were with Egypt, Jordan, and Syria. Minor contributors were Saudi Arabia, Kuait, Iraq, with Lebanon entering the fray in the early 70's.
At about the time of the early 70's the PLO also became a player. Without making this a huge history lesson, the first real uprising (the First Intifada) was in the late 80's (I think 1987, but I am sure it was the late 80's). So, the current conflict really is not 50+ years, it is about half that.
Now, from the PLO, there were multiple almost agreements. Yassar Arafat could not accept a good agreement, that by today's standards, would be considered a great agreement. So, your description of the history is just historically inaccurate. Until a single leader comes from the Palestinians, which could happen tomorrow, or not until a new decade comes and goes, it is hard to negotiate, but to give up on it, is nonsense.
Right now, the bigger issue is Hezbollah which is a proxy for Iran. Most of the Arabic countries do not like Iran. It turns out, that this displeasure with Iran just might lead to the Palestinian/Israel peace, because it is in the best interest of most of the Arabic countries. This is three dimensional chess. We have good minds who know how to play it. Patience with a sense of the changes that have been going on are really all it takes for a just and fair peace.
Just look at the original combatants, all of whom have had a quarter century of peace with Israel. In fact, Jordan and Israel have a positive (if under the table) relationship.