Palestine and the Prospects for Peace

Post World War II mistake:  Before I continue with this paragraph I need to make something absolutely clear:  I'm 100% in the corner of the Israelis.  We should/must do everything we can to help ensure their survivial.  There cannot be another holocaust.  They are in a horrific position - surrounded by enemies, and they (with our help) must take all actions necessary to ensure their survival. 

That said, I think a mistake was made after World War 2.  The Israelis should not have been allowed to create a nation state in what they considered to be their historic homeland - Israel.  Reason:  Someone was already living there - the Palestinians.  The Middle East, and the world at large, would have been far better off if they would have been offered a home elsewhere.  So many things in the world would have been so much easier if this had been the case.  NOTE:  The Israelis could have moved to somewhere in the United States perhaps.  I'm sure that people as industrious as the Israelis would have made a great addition/contribution to our country.
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Unacceptable condition that the Palestians are forced to live with:  Many of us do get it.  The Israelis kicked you out of your historic homeland, and you are forced to live - practically behind bars, and largely in squalor, in a land that isn't even officially your own.  The United Nations does not even recognize the land where you currently reside to be a separate nation.

Israeli perspective on the peace/nation issue:  There is no way that the Israelis will accept indefensible borders.  There is no way that the Israelis will make peace with the Palestinians if they are constantly under assault (missiles being fired into their territories).  There is no way the Israelis will make peace if they feel threatened.  If the Palestinians truly want peace, they must provide the Israelis with the security that they need before they will be willing to make peace.  Trust me on this, the Israelis DO want peace.  They cannot possibly prefer the constant threat of hostilities/war, but they MUST be made to feel secure before they will negotiate with you over what you desire.

Are there moderate Muslims?  I sure hope there are.  The world certainly needs there to be.  The silence when Muslim extremists commit their atrocites is deafening.  Sometimes it seems like there are only two types of Muslims - the Muslim extremists, and those that support the Muslim extremists, but are unwilling to get involved.  We are always told that there are plenty of peace loving Muslims out there, well, if that's true, it's time for the peace loving Muslims to "step up"

Time to "step up":   It's time for moderate Muslims to "step up".  It's time for them to squash the efforts of the Muslim extremists so that peace can be achieved.  Without such action, there can be no hope for peace, and this untenable state of affairs - for the Israelis, for the Palestians, and indeed for the world, will go on and on.