I don't understand why the two peoples can't live together. As an American, surrounded by people of all different political views, religions, and races, it's hard for me to comprehend two peoples hating each other so much that they can't come to any understanding in the over 60 years since the end of the war. Once the war was over Isreal should have slowly homogenized and it's people melted together.
Like the USA it would not have been perfect, but if both sides respected each other enough not to kill innocents then it could have worked. Instead it's a split state with both sides declaring ownership of all. The only difference seems to be that Palestine wants the Jews to leave and Isreal is willing to concede land for peace. But both sides keep bombing each other as revenge for previous bombings. It's a vicious cycle that I doubt either side can even keep track up.
The cold hard truth is that Israel won the war and the subsequent battles. It doesn't really matter who has historical claim. The war is over, Israel is a state. Everyone needs to deal with it, because it's not going to change. Israel didn't have to give any land to Palestine, but they did. That's something. But instead of demanding more and more concessions, Palestinians should demand peaceful reintegration. What's so bad about living together in the same country?
Palestine got the short end of the stick, but they lost the war. They could have stayed and worked for peace as one nation, but it's all or nothing for Palestine. It's demoralizing to lose sovereignty to another state, but if the Palestinians would be willing to live in the same cities as Jews there's no reason why the two religions couldn't work together.
Like I said, from an American perspective it's hard for me to understand why Palestinians and Israels refuse to live together. I'm not saying America is perfect, it's not, but it's an examples of people of all different points of view who at the very least tolerate each others right to exist.
