This is exactly the problem - from the 1947 UN partition plan until now, every time Israel tried to make peace, they got terror in return. Look, 20% of Israeli citizens are Arabs with equal rights living peacefully, so this isn’t about ethnicity. It’s about values. When Israel completely withdrew from Gaza in 2005, Hamas immediately took over instead of building a democracy.

The siege and poor conditions don’t help, but the core issue is that the Arab political culture in the region isn’t based on Western democratic values, and that’s extremely difficult to change. Israel is the only country in the entire Middle East with real human rights, women’s equality, and gay rights - that’s not a coincidence. Without embracing democratic, humanistic principles, it’s very hard to achieve peace. That fundamental cultural difference has been sabotaging progress for 75+ years.