why has the palestine peace process taken so long?
492845
the palestinians don't want peace, they want the destruction of Israel...nothing less will satisfy them.
898081
Israil because they now possess it.  Palestinians do not respect international law
989984
An Arab country was created in Palestine in 1922, now called Jordan. There was never any interest by the Arab world or the Arabs of Palestine in creating a second Arab country within Palestine. \n\nThe world has tried over and over to create this second Arab state. But the Arabs always refuse it, most recenty at Camp David in 2000 when Arafat was offered everything the claim to want. \n\nThe goal has nothing to do about a 2nd state for Palestine Arabs, and everything to do with destroying the only Jewish state.
184631
it is so complex problem...and i think almost the terrorism in the world now comes from this problem...i live in the middle east ...and i do not understand yet why Jews have the right in the land of the Arabic people...they think God give them the land of Israel just coz you are Jews?\nwhat about the rights of the Plestine people???\ni just want to tell you before the years of 1948 before they were given the land of Plastine...the Arbic Muslem people never fight or hate jews...that is historical fact ..and the jews used to live in the Arbic countries...the Westrian World supported you in taking Plastine coz they feel sin about what they did in jews..especially after the 2end world War...sorry they sow jews as a problem in their contries so they sent you away in the Middel East...and do not care that they make the most complex and bloody problem in the human modern history...a lot of people died and suffered becuse of this great problem ..and the blood still go on here in the Middel East..\nand please some one help me really if God really gave the land of Arbic Plastine to the Isreal can any one show me the contrect or the document of buying...????? \n?but Arbic people will never forget their land...even after 100 years i will not forget my home that was taken from me...never...by the way i do not hate jews...i just live in the mad Middle East....\nNOTE:some people tell a BIG LIES here about the the Plastine`s land was empty before 1948...but the dead bodies of the innocent people who were killed by the Ireal proves that this land was not empty....and that really so silly explanation to take the land of Plastine....is that a fair law.... any one find a empty land ..just take and pertend that it was your home that God gave it to you before 4000 years...what a silly lie...
375092
I agree, it's totally inconsistent.  We make a big noise about democracy in the Middle East but then when the Palestinians freely elect a government we don't like, then we try to boycott it.
721815
Palestine is a country that has been on this earth since the beginning of time (except for dinasour days).  The british declared it theirs and tried to give it as a gift to Jews that didnt have a place to go.  Not only should so called isrealis be blamed for this, but the british who wrongfully tried to give it to them.  in the end, Palestine will stay for the Palestinians, and Palestine is recognized all over the world, even in America, although the government tries to deny it.  Oh yea, did I mention that Palestine is recognized as a country by the United Nations, while Isreal is not!
824609
They were talking a long time to reach an agreement. \nTwelve hours and counting.
678034
Because Palestinians want it all. Then Israel would have to fight for freedom.
646058
because ISRAEL is the homeland of all jews, and has been jewish land since before arab muslim occupiers came to it. It has been jewish land since before islam ever even exsisted.... Now lets end revisionist history, there was never a country, state, or nation called "palestine" EVER! There is no language, history, culture or people called palestinian. so-called palestinians ARE arabs.. no different in anyway. ARABS were not called "palestinian" until 1963 when egyptian born arafat began to call them that. arabs have 22 nations. jews just one. This is a religious war by islam against the jews of israel. from 48-67 arabs occupied gaza, west bank and 1/2 of jeruslam but a "palestinian" state was never made, even more proof that this has nothing to do with so-called palestinians. There has never been a christian/palestinian sucide bomber.. not one more proof this is a religious war.\nIsrael is just one of 28+ nations under attack by islam currently.
592689
There's no peaceful ways in solving the Zoinists-Palestine conflict. The Jewish PM Olmert is coming here in US this Sunday to discuss his unilateral moves in order to draw 'the final border'. They even going to expand W. Bank settlments. \n\nhttp://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1145961384054&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull\n\nThere will be more blood and war between the Arabs and the Jewish. As much as you love your country, it's best if you leave and migrate to somewhere else. You said that you're a Christian. What you can do is move to Bethlehem. The area is governed by a Christian mayor. That's the best. I'll pray for your country.
77172
Now that Hamas is in power? I don't know. But it does put Israel in a better position. They can't really declare war against a faction, but they can against a government. Now that the govt. is controlled by the extreme faction, it would be easier for them to declare war and get away with it.
547905
Being under UN's control wouldn't solve the problem. The Palestinians won't stop until Israel is destroyed and the entire Jewish population is dead or gone somewhere else.
261241
Is peace humanly possible?  Yes.\n\nWill it happen in between Israel and the Palestinians?  Not in the way things are currently being run:\n   - Palestinian's Rulung Party, the Hamas, have demanded control over thier own land for the last 39 years (since 67), now that Israel has removed thier citizens from Gaza, Hamas has celebrated its freedom, but complains that Israel will not let thier people travel to and from... which is funny because they admitt their goal is to eliminate the Israelis alltogether.  \n\nSo if peace was to happen... both sides would have to prove to one another they were serious about peace.  This isn't some perfect world, so it is not like the Israeli governement would be willing to just lay down all thier arms in order to establish peace with the Palestinians... they know the second they do that Syria, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Iran and Iraq would attach full-force.  So it will havce to be a slow process of give and take with the Palestinians and the Israelies each giving up thier rights in order to establish peace.  \n\nWith Hamas in control of Palestinian areas, it won't happen though.
43615
This is a thorny question one that no one has found an acceptable compromise to. The begining or Israeli and Palestinian strife came around the end of World War 2. Before then the state of Israel was not even in existance but through lobbying by prominent jews in America and due to a British promise to set up a homeland for displaced European Jews, the state of Israel was founded in Palestine in the British Mandate. Isreal has based this on the pretext that Isreal is the promised land that Moses led the Jewish tribes to after the Exodus and during the time of Babylon and Rome the people were once again exiled by the new conqurers and this the Jews have been a displaced people within Europe ever since. One argument that Israel was founded illegally on land that has already been inhabited by Arabs and thus they are the occupying force and displacing the Arabs. Israelis content that it is their right to have a homeland in the promised land and thus justified for occupation. The animosity intensified after Israel declared independance and thus 6 adjacent Arab states declared war to prevent the formalization of a Zionist state in the Midst of an Arab sea. Isreal prevaled and even captured larger tracts of territory which included the Sinai Peninsular from Egypt, Golan Heights from Syria and small tracts from lebanon. The Yom Kippur War later was proven to be a Israeli victory. Finally Egypt sign a peace treaty through the Camp David Accord whereby Sinai was returned to Egypt and formal recognization of Isreal was acknowledge. At present Palestine consists of the Gaza strip and the West Bank, Jerusalem is still a contested site whereby both states claim it as their capital. Years of infighting from the Hezbollah led by Yasser Arrafat which uses guerilla tactics and suicide bombers targetting US and Israeli sites have seen retaliation by Israel through forced demolition and targeted killing of 'terrorists/freedom fighters'. Also zealots and ultra orthodox jews erecting squatters within clearly marked territories belonging to the Palestine has caused frictions. To date both sides are still at war and peace accords don't last as seen by the last roadmap to peace initiative. It would seem only a miracle would unite these two foes together in peace.
936214
The Israelis always terrorists ... The killers , criminals , Tykes , and living on the children blood of Palestine ... Colonialism is not durable never ... Palestine will return to the Palestinian people ... All the peoples of the world stand with the Palestinians ... People not politicians .
635365
The West Bank and Gaza will be a seperate country called Palestine. That is good enough.\n\nIsrael has been under attack since their first day in existance as a country. They have defended themselves amd grown into a successful country while living in a hostile country. Israel is trying to make peace and is willing to give up a lot in return. Look up their past peace accords. They don't want war. They just want to live peacefully without fear of being attacked.
1072859
Unfortunately Abbas is a democratically elected leader, so is at the mercy of the whims of the Palestinian people, many of whom will not be satisfied until the "terrorists" behind the "occupation" are pushed into the Mediterranean. He is also on shaky ground with his own Fatah party.\nI like Olmerts plan; and I think Abbas is a smart man who sees the practicalities of it as well, but  he will not have the political will to see it pass. \nLets hope this gets solved in our lifetime, or it might be a shorter life then many of us expect.