Yabby

The poor old bugger was doing alright if he managed to hold on for 500 years.
Three score and ten is about my limit I’d say.

In all seriousness the conflict is much more complicated than you make out. The majority of Israel is not Zionist. Israeli Gov’ts of all persuasions have been closing settlements for the last 20 years.

There is no doubt that Palestinians have been dispossessed as a result of Israeli expansion. But at the time of Independence in 1947, no Palestinian were driven off their land. In fact it was only after the second attempt by Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Iraq etc to destroy Israel that Israel held onto the land which had previously been occupied by these armies.

Israel gave the Sinai back to Egypt when they renounced their aim to destroy Israel. If Hamas and Hezbollah also accepted Israels right to exist then a real and lasting peace could be negotiated.

But how can Israel make peace with groups who are committed to its complete destruction? No country should be expected to