don’t you realize that the only thing that matters is the humiliation of being defeated? all that other stuff is of no consequence. ;)
Israelis just don’t get it & don’t want to get it.
Half the Palestinians want that land & to drive out & kill the Israelis. The other half wants that land, to drive out & kill the Israelis, & then kill the rest of the Jews.
They cannot be bribed with schools, hospitals, & “freedom of the press”. Certainly not Palestinians & not even Israeli Arabs - by the way, it is extremely rare to hear any of them call themselves Israeli Arabs when speaking to non-Israelis. They prefer ‘48 Palestinians. They do not want others to identify them in any way with the hated Israelis.
A while ago an “Israeli” Arab was talking to my boyfriend & explained to him plainly that he is well aware that he lives better inside Israel than he would outside of it. But that he doesn’t care. He hates Israel & longs for the day that it is destroyed. Imagine how they feel in Gaza & the West Bank.
A friend of mine was talking to an Israeli Arab the other day, a girl, who mentioned the great shame she felt at having to put Israel as her location on YouTube. Pray for the day that Israel is gone & I can put Palestine, she said.
They are not a freak minority. They speak for most of the Palestinians; they just explain it better than the others can.
They get it. Israelis don’t. They will not be bought off & appeased with material things & comfort. Israel must fight them for the land & there is no other way out of this. Not for Palestinians.