Richard Dawkins put it this way.
Many Israelis would be OK with a smaller Israel and giving some Palestinians compensation for their land while others get their land back. But the Israelis who believe God gave them the whole thing effectively hold a veto over this in Israel's multiparty parliamentary political system. Perhaps that veto would fade if more Israeli Arabs participated in elections, but their voter turnout is low, sometimes because they are too intimidated, sometimes because they are too disgusted by the whole thing.
Many Palestinians would be OK with giving up a large portion of Palestine so Israel can exist. But the Palestinians who believe they should have the whole thing and struggle to kill all Jews until they get it, have an effective veto over this because Palestine does not have a voting system at all and they are willing to be more violent than the less zealous Palestinians.

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(10-17-2023, 11:49 AM)flsprtsgod Wrote:

(10-17-2023, 11:48 AM)Caldrac Wrote: Neither side is moderate. Especially when they're being given millions of dollars from our economy to do as they please.

Your "both sides bad argument" is nonsense. One side wants to be left alone, the other wants genocide.

Israel does not want to be left alone.
Israeli settlers wish to steal land owned by Palestinians, evict those Palestinians, and build homes and farms on it.  They continue to do it more and more, year after year.  Most Israelis oppose this. But their voting system silences them. More and more Hebrew alphabet names and US style cul-de-sacs appear on the map of the West Bank year after year.  No compensation is given.

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