Originally Posted by AdamS
So after the initial fuck up, what is the solution?
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Stop arselicking one side so blatantly, withdraw aid and sanction Israel like you would any other country doing what they're doing (they'll be changing their ways in a flash, then - Israel's the complete opposite of self-sufficiency IIRC), get rid of the gun-toting west bank settlements completely and create a viable Palestinian state with access to the sea and a land link between Gaza and the West Bank, then pour the same amount of dollars into the new Palestine that Israel got for infrastructure purposes off the US and others, ensuring that it's a viable country with the ability to reduce its levels of poverty.
Keep Palestinians happy, well off and educated (and let's face it, no one but the most extreme pro-Israeli supporter can claim the Palestinians haven't been shat on from a stratospheric height, regardless of what you think of their actions in trying to fight that) and the extremist groups will wither to nothing.
The US has the ability to do something similar to this, but will it? Will it fuck! Obviously the Palestinian armed factions don't help themselves by scoring PR own-goal after PR own-goal with their civilian-aimed attacks...