It's delusional to think that they are civilized enough to build a state that is anything but a sinkhole.
It is clear that the Palestinians seek nothing less than the complete annihilation of the state of Israel and everyone who lives in it. Arabs turn a blind eye to the historical fact that Jews occupied Israel (I won't dignify it by calling it Palestine) for thousands of years before Mohammed happened on the scene.
I just finished reading the biography of Queen Noor (Lisa Halaby)-"Leap of Faith". The book is pretty interesting and she doesn't shy away from politics--taking the Palestinian side, of course. Unfortunately, she totally ignores the history of Israel before Mohammed. It's pretty amazing.
To her credit, however, she did not like or trust Arafat because too often Arafat played King Hussein for a fool.