You are correct in that our terrorism problem is not the same right now; their problem is much worse. No, I'm not comparing apples to oranges. I am comparing little apples to BIG apples.
It's only a matter of time before it gets to be the same.
What we are combatting is a faulty, belief system, a belief in lies. The belief that Israelis should all die to make room for the Palestinian Muslims.
If the Muslims were content to live side by side in peace, I have no doubt the Israelis would allow that. BUT they know their adversary, and after many generations of terrorism, how are they supposed to trust them?
As far as deporting Palestinians being a problem, why, exactly? We have countries changing borders and booting people out all over Africa and yet no one makes a peep to object. Are we to say that no country can ever change its borders from now on? That might be plausible if all humans were willing to live together in peace and harmony, but... get real, we're talking about humans, humans that quite willingly believe lies in order to get what they want.
I wasn't aware of this going on in Africa, at least not as a matter of official government policy to which there is no serious opposition. Generally, whenever any population in modern times is forcibly relocated by their government, Western governments and human-rights groups raise strenuous objections.
But anyway, all that aside, in order for Israel to accomplish a wholesale Palestinian population transfer, there would have to be someplace for them to transfer to. And right now, no other country is going to be willing to take them. And that would mean war - all-out war, with the Palestinians caught smack in the middle. Leaving aside whatever world opinion might be, Israeli public opinion would simply not sustain such a course of action, especially as the war comes home and terrorism goes through the roof. It could backfire severely.
By the way, I do want to say that since I last posted to you, I'm glad to see that Israel took a step in the right direction by taking out the Hamas leader, and I am a bit dismayed (though not surprised) at Washington's reaction in condemning the "indiscriminate" attack, even as we launch even more indiscriminate attacks in Afghanistan. But again, I have to remain skeptical about Israel's commitment in following up on it in rapid-fire succession. Of all the circumstances where they might need to brush off international opinion, this is definitely it. Isolated incidents such as this aren't going to get them very far.