Exactly. The unilateral return of Gaza was their chance to show the world something. they were handed a turnkey city, ethnically cleansed of Jews by force, complete with infrastructure, greenhouses, everything. It was beside a beach.
And they were right beside Israel. If they acted properly as good neighbors, does realize the kind of trade and commerce they could have had access and been part of?
They moved in, tore up everything good, and started nonstop launching of rockets. Idiots, they are truly idiots, incapable of more. The only answer with them is the wall and isolation.
Your Post #15 is so incredibly spot-on.
They were gift-wrapped the entire Gaza Peninsula. The had the ability to start making money, being able to eat decently, have a roof over their heads and put down some roots - even set up a future for their kids and grandkids.
But they trashed everything.
What the Palestinians need to come to grips with is that Israel is not going anywhere. They need to come to grips with the fact that there never really was a Palestine, that is, in terms of an organized nation.
My strong support for Israel aside, I can’t have any sympathy for savages and malcontents like the Palestinians.