How many people actually think that creating a Palestinian homeland would appease them and end tensions... might work for for a week or so, then they’ll find another reason to lob rockets in Israel.
Exactly! The only Palestinian State acceptable to the PLO is the entire state of Israel. But why should we be so surprised about this pope? Controversy follows him like a bad penny probably ever since he raised his hand to the Furher at Nazi Youth meetings; he has called the Roman Catholic community "the only true Christian Church" he continues the line about "birth control being un-Godly" and he wants to take the church backwards in liturgy to the Latin Mass--I suppose to further separate from the rest of Christianity.
I believe Israel has stated they would favor a separate state though, if and only, they were guaranteed it would be free of violence and terrorism against Israel; if their founding documents were to promote Israel's right to exist. And there is no chance of that ever happening.