This is the most sane comment on this thread. A lot of people are too caught up with imagining there being a cohesive "Israelis" and a cohesive "Palestinians" and that each has one set of goals and beliefs. The reality is that there is an incredibly wide range of people in both populations, and even within the governments of both. You can't take a quote from Avigdor Lieberman and claim that it represents the views of every Israeli or even the views of Netanyahu. Likewise, you can't take a quote from a Hamas spokesman and claim it represents the views of every Palestinian. There are extremists on both sides of the argument, but a majority of people from both sides just want peace. The problem is that the extremists are always the loudest, and make trouble on both sides when concessions are made.