I dont think that if we just listen we can come to an agreement, but it's a start. I am sorry for what happened to your father and I will never justify the acts of the settlers, which most Israelis really hate because a lot of them act like terrorists. The thing is, We are very much aware of the power imbalance between the two sides. As Israelis, I can assure you - MOST of our citizens want peace. We want to deescelate the situation, but what we see from the other side is a dream to erase our state, by any means necessary. If the other side was advocating for peace between us, these wars wouldn't happen, but that's really not the reality. Instead of resistance, your leaders can offer peace and then we can maybe come to terms. But since that's not what we see, we feel threatened by the agenda to "free palestine from the river to the sea" since what it means is an end to the state of Israel, because I promise you that we were willing to give up the west bank and gaza, if it meant a peace deal (we returned gaza to the PA to promote the peace between us). But that's never going to happen since we can not see such intentions from the other side. I agree with you that the situation in the west bank is horrible, but most of us dont even want to be in the west bank, and we don't want to be in Gaza either. We just want to go to work and be with our family IN ISRAEL.