The Palestinian Authority has two means/goals of fighting, hence the division in the terror groups. Hamas, Islamic Jihad believe that Palestine is for the Palestinians and the Jews must be driven into the sea. Therefore, they will not negotiate at all. When it looks like "peace" might be at hand, they ratchet up the terror.
Arafat believes in incrementalism. Get the West Bank. Get Gaza. Use these territories as bases for further pushes into Israel proper. It's all deception.
Netanyahu says that Arafat is Bin Ladin with good PR. I believe that.
I don't want to clutter up the Hobbit Hole with my views on this subject, but Israel is in danger.
Arafat has broken every promise made at the Oslo Accords, the Hebron Accords, Wye River Accords. When you listen to him in Arabic, he has always said that he has no intention of keeping his word, but uses these accords to strengthen his position and power for the destruction of Israel.
The Palestinian people (and I lived on the West Bank so I do know them) are the pawns. But they are pawns of choice. They go along with their leaders because they believe that in the end, they will win and gather to themselves the spoils of Israel.
Just one more thing for which to NOT thank x42! He leaned heavily on Israel, especially Ehud Barak, to 'make peace' with the Palis. He wanted to have a 'Rose Garden moment' like Jimmy Carter, getting the Palis and Israel together (remember him pushing them toward each other to shake hands?)
Congrats on your test. Keep showing that lib prof just how intelligent conservatives are. You are rocking his political world; he may just have to seriesly rethink his positions!