Comment Re: Cost and Culture War (Score 1) 359
Those people's kids, now adults, can try to let go of the past and build a country on the land they have and create a good future for their kids, or pass on the hate and their impossible quest to get land back to their children, ensuring they'll suffer the same misery.
And Italians and Germans and French and British and half of Europe had very real reasons to hate everyone else too 80 years ago.
They cut their losses, didn't pass on the hate, they rebuilt and now there're no borders.
Palestinians have a place to go to : where they are currently. At least for the west bank, the population density there is high but viable, and the Palestinian authority is probably open to peace. They won't get any more land anyway, and everyday that passes where the Palestinians don't cut their losses is a day israel uses to grab more and more land.
Gaza is an issue, but at this point, it's completely blocking any peace attempt. The palestinian authority should just recognize gaza as a lost territory (which it is, de facto), give it up, and work towards building a state on the west bank and peace with israel, with the objective of later reclaiming gaza.
The current stance can only make things worse for the Palestinians, and israel won't change its stance, since it's winning. The ball is on the west bank.