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The number one impediment to a peace deal between the Israelis and the Palestinians is how the international community treats the Palestinian leadership. They are treated like children who are not responsible for any actions or held to any logical standard.
Just as a small example: The Palestinian government openly promotes and rewards terrorism against Israeli civilians. Israel allows Jews to build houses in major settlements. Guess which of these is consistently cited as a bigger problem and impediment to peace?
It does a serious disservice to the Palestinian people to treat them this way. Hamas and the PA can waste countless resources and mistreat their people, but they know Israel will always get blamed. There is no incentive for them to move towards peace and prosperity for people.
Even think about the way settlements are discussed: Assumption is Jews building houses is a deal breaker because there is no chance Jews will be allowed to live peacefully in a Palestinian area. Talk about bigotry of low expectations.
Israel could give PAs a state tomorrow comprised of Gaza and most of West Bank, then close the border. That was what the withdrawal from Gaza was meant to move towards. But then what do they do when their sovereign neighbor stocks up on weapons & fires rockets at Israeli cities?
Now imagine if the international community held PA govt's to normal standards and made their statehood dependent on them accepting Israel's right to exist and stopping their extremist elements from attacking Israel. Then you have a possibility of actual peace and 2 states.
That's exactly my point. It benefits them to keep the conflict going to cover for their corruption and have a constant scapegoat. They could be using the money to help the Palestinian people prosper and live in peace, but they don't and it gets excused.
