Sounds like a plan and sage advise? Same old same old has created what we have now? So, should we persist with more of the, taxpayer funded, costly same?
Alan B.

The problem of the Israeli/Palestinian situation is
particularly acute because the subject matter involves
issues of deep human and moral concern. An attempt to
be objective has proven to be difficult. The author
has presented an intelligent well reasoned article.
We can only hope that President elect Trump with an
alleged IQ of 140 will be able to recognise that sooner
or later, Israel and the Palestinians will have to meet
face-to-face, listen to each other's grievances and
negotiate with honesty. Only then - and on the condition
that both Israel and the Palestinian state achieve safety
and security will this conflict be resolved.

As Antony Loewenstein pointed out in his book, "My
Israel Question,"

"Neither side has a monopoly on suffering, but only one
party has the power to end the occupation and to
recognise that Israel and Palestine are historically destined
to share the same homeland."

Fingers-crossed that President Trump will have the
intelligence to realise that and not be pushed into
any disastrous action by the Israeli government.

I am glad it is not me that will have to sort this mess out.
UNESCO recently affirmed that Jerusalem is and always has been an Arab Islamic city.
It has established new Arab names for the Temple Mount area.
That together with the UN Security Council decision recently has
given the Palestinians confidence in claiming Jerusalem as their capital.

The crux of the problem might be the Koranic policy that an area once
occupied by moslems always remains moslem land forever.
They believe this after all Allah said so.
From what I have read the PLA insists that Jerusalem MUST be handed to
them in any possible solution. All jews must leave Jerusalem.

Israel of course insists that Jerusalem has been their capital city
for some 3000 years plus and they just cannot give it up.

Foxy, how would you like the job of sorting that out ?

Dear Bazz,

I wouldn't be good at it at all.
I'm too emotional. I believe in mutual
respect and understanding. I believe
that they need to move past using dehumanisation
and delegitimisation as weapons to be wielded
against each other. The issues are complex and
it is time for a radical rethinking of the conflict.

What many people are either unaware of or choose to ignore, is that the artificial country of Palestine, and Hamas, are payrolled by Iran, and Iran wants Israel wiped off the face of the earth. No ifs or buts, that's the deal. The 'two nations' talk is just political hocus-pocus. There will never be peace or any amicable settlement. The two contributors who keep stirring the pot on this subject know this to be true, and they should stop their nonsense.

The biggest pile of scaremongering nonsense doing the rounds is that Iran 'wants Israel wiped off the face of the Earth'.

I look forward to someone posting the speech that supposedly claimed that.