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caprontos posted...

The only way there could be peace is, step one - both parties have to accept the other exists and has a right to exist. Israel accepts that

Not remotely. Israel treats Palestinians like garbage, having stripped them of nearly every right they possibly could and stopping just barely short of exterminating the lot of them (and even then they've made quite a few earnest attempts at genocide). You don't get to impose apartheid over a population and then surprisedpickachu.jpg when that population ends up resenting you.

Would there still be resentment toward Israel even if they weren't being massive assholes to Palestinians? Absolutely. That's kind of inevitable when your colonial oppressor decides to invent a country on top of yours and expects you to get along with the new people. But the first step to improving those relations has to be making a genuine effort to coexist peacefully and equitably, not establishing oppression at the institutional level in hopes that everyone will give up and go somewhere else. Israel is the one with the power to take that first step, and they've chosen not to, making this whole mess their fault.