All Arab parties are determined that there will be no Jews between
the River and the Sea as they put it.
None of them will back down first or ever.
The Koran tells them that land once occupied by moslems remains moslem land forever.
They cannot change the Koran so they cannot compromise.
To do so leaves them open to the death penalty.
All that is why there has been no settlement since the Ottoman defeat.

Foxy says "Israel has to be realistic. Things cannot continue as
they have to date."
And why not? They have been stringing out the "two state solution" for decades whilst taking control of more and more of the Palestinian territories. Why would they change course? it is the Palestinians who need to change strategy if they want an independent state. If anyone is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results its the Palestinians. Maybe insane. Maybe just slow learners.

He just may? Given the Emporer of the world has been removed from office and can no longer run a moving interference, with that worthy goal!?
Alan B.

Even more so if all future aid etc to either party, was tied inexplicably to just that outcome! Or lockdown all donor bank accounts or money transfers! Give them a reason they just cannot refuse and then let the chips fall where they may! Money talks all languages!
Alan B.

The author is chasing a ghost.

There once used to be an Arab-Israeli conflict.
The sides were more or less equal, so nobody could predict the outcome of wars.
But that is over, now Israel is by far the stronger and the remaining "Palestinians" are no match, they have no power whatsoever because Israel is neither afraid of them nor needs anything from them - they can be likened to a possum in Israel's backyard: if you pick it up to throw it over the fence then it will scratch, so you better wear gloves, but it is no match for a human. Israel got used to their low-grade terror and accepts it as part of the weather, no big deal.

Yet the "conflict" continues to rage only because it became an internal political conflict within Israel. One camp, the Israeli "Right" wants to kick the possum out, some even to kill it, while the other camp, the Israeli "Left", prefers to keep it as pet. Israelis of both camps do not even hate Palestinians, because only the strong can be hated, thus the prospect of "reconciliation" is also laughable. Even the bad-behaviour towards Palestinians is done as a tool by the "Right" to hurt the "Left", who suffers when their pet-to-be is beaten.

Thus this imaginary conflict, should anyone care to "solve" it, can only be ended by addressing the real conflict, within Israel. The "Palestinians" are not a side to it and it would be a mistake to try to involve them. It is also idiotic to use the term "the Israelis" (as in "it provides the Biden administration the opportunity to send a clear message to the Israelis") because there is no such thing, just two bitterly opposing camps!

What recently happened in Israel is an unprecedented cease-fire:
51% of Israelis, in both camps, decided that there are more urgent issues to deal with than this 54-year-old internal conflict: the economy, COVID, the failing health system, etc. and most importantly, this corrupt prime-minister who left a scorched-land behind in his struggle to stay out of jail.

Biden will do no such thing ! He'll simply get back on the former track to self-destruction of the West.
Westerners of all races are the real danger to our world.