Two states not a magic solution, says J Street head

[Ken Burch]

11. It's equally defined by Israeli instransigence, especially Likud intransigence.

There was never any excuse for Netanyahu's insistence on relentless settlement expansion, on the use of checkpoints within Palestine as collective punishment of all Palestinians for the acts of a violent few, on the theft of the olive and lemon trees, on the theft of Palestinian land by the unjust routing of the security wall through Palestinian territory when there was never any excuse for building it one millimeter past the Green Line.

Almost all the suffering in this conflict has been experienced by Palestinians. It hasn't been Israeli homes being demolished. It hasn't been Israeli towns being cleared to move in settlers. The overwhelming majority of casualties have been Palestinians, and many of those casualties were children.

Neither side has behaved well in this conflict, but it's bloody arrogant of you to act as if the conflict only continues because of the Palestinians.

BTW, the PLO recognized Israel in 1994, so a significant part of the Palestinian people DO accept "the Jewish connection to the land".

As to those who don't...how would putting them back under the rule of their former Hashemite oppressors change that?

You don't want peace. You never did. If you did, you wouldn't put all the blame on the Palestinian side and you wouldn't act as if they are collectively devoid of humanity.