I was on a mission trip back in November that included over a week in Israel. Spent time with people “on the street” in East Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Nazareth, and several places in-between - covering everything from zones under the 100% control of the Palestinian Authority, partial control, and those still completely under Israeli control. What I found was rather eye-opening:
In the people we visited with, it was actually hard to find an “average Joe” Palestinian who was wrapped up in the whole Palestinian/Israel fight. The majority of the folks we visited with were far more like “us” than the media and our politicians would have us believe. They just want to be free to raise their children and have their businesses. What I found really interesting was that most of those Palestinians were “marginal” in their muslim faith (more of a social/ritualistic religion, not a way of life). Many were far more American-like than what I had expected.
I came away with the impression that the loud, terrorist, “Palestinian State” rabble-rousers are the minority. But that’s the problem - the loud minority are extremely radical and are the same ones that hold the rest in fear - and have a very receptive ear from the word’s media.
They have killed at least 29,000 Israelis and counting. They’ve slaughtered more innocent people around the world. ( “Peaceful” ones need to move back to their own countries since they won’t stop the “palestinian” twrrorists from more threats (over 100,000 bombs, etc), murders, and mayhem. The murder gangsters like PLO -pa fatah hezbellah hamas, Muslim bros, isis, al qaida and all the rest need to be sent directly to alluh in HELL imho and asap. Drain the moslem mass murder swamp!
I have similar, though more limited, experience. The media also ignores very big differences between Palis on a tribal/clan basis, with some tribes deeply hostile and others easy-going and friendly.