I know you like to blame us for everything but if the agreement was between Israel and Palestine, how exactly did an American President break it? On the other hand, we have brokered a number of peace deals but NEVER with the Palestinians as far as I remember. When Yasser Arafat was leading the PLO there were talks but I don't remember anything except temporary treaties to end the various wars or uprisings. The world was aghast when the Trump administration brokered the Abraham Accords that did NOT include the PLO because they didn't want to come to the table. Instead, several countries initially and more later normalized relations with Israel to everyone's benefit.
There have been at least 7 wars that Israel has had to fight against its Arab neighbors including the war of independence in 1948. The Britts gave Palestine to the Jews but Israel had to fight from day one for its existence. There have been even more conflicts if you count uprisings and skirmishes. I don't see any that Israel started.
This has to stop. Israel has always caved to world pressure and not pressed its advantage. This time, they should occupy the territory and NOT GIVE IT BACK. Those are the spoils of war. They attack you, you win, you get to keep whatever territory you gained by the conflict. The Palestinians have NO interest in any equitable settlement. Israel eventually gave the Palestinians Gaza and gave the Sinai back to Egypt but kept parts of the West Bank and the Golan heights because there was no way to secure the border at those points.
This is a case where everyone forgets the history. The Arabs and Hitler were good buddies during WWII and were persecuting their Jewish populations even back then. The parents of a very good friend were driven out of Iraq in the thirties and ended up emigrating to China where there was a large Jewish community in one of the large cities. My friend was born in China. Then the family emigrated to Australia where he grew up. He eventually came to the US and his siblings ended up in Canada and his parents retired to Israel.
After the war when Britain was removing itself from the Palestine mandate, they ultimately assigned control of the territory to the Jews. The High Mufti of Jerusalem who was budds with Hitler, convinced a good portion of the population that the Jews would persecute them. So, these poor souls left everything and became refugees in the surrounding countries. This is where Muslim culture turns ugly. The neighboring countries refused to give the refugees citizenship even though they were the losers in the war. Usually, when a war ends, where you end up is what you are. So if you're on the Israeli side of the border, you're Israeli, if you're on the Lebanese side of the border, you're Lebanese and life goes on. Not in this case. There was a hard line in ALL the neighboring countries that prevented the Palestinians from becoming citizens. Their children and grandchildren, etc are also NOT CITIZENS!!! That left them as perpetual refugees unable to avail themselves of the welfare services and opportunities of the country where they now lived. They couldn't own more than 49% of any business even if they provided 100% of the financing. There were other property restrictions. They were stateless and couldn't even be issued passports. There are refugee camps TO THIS DAY, all over the Middle East. Some have turned into actual cities.
The Palestinian Crisis will NEVER go away until these refugees can be assimilated. It's not like an Iraqi coming here and not assimilating. If he doesn't assimilate, it is by his choice. Not ours. Over there, they are refugees who speak the same language, and follow the same religion and customs. There should not be a barrier to assimilation. The ones who ended up in Gaza or the West Bank were the lucky ones because they ultimately got self governance and are technically Israeli citizens. Rather than making nice and being peaceful neighbors, the Arabs have maintained an ongoing terrorist assault on Israel and Israelis. this has forced Israel to militarize the border and restrict crossings to minimize the terrorist attacks. These bombing attacks are so prevalent that most homes in Israel have hardened safe rooms where people go to hide while the bombing is going on. They don't even get reported in our news anymore unless they are so bad that the Israelis have no option but to retaliate. At that point the UN jumps on Israel for "overreacting". What's a few bombs and dead people between neighbors? Somebody has to stop the madness and that has to be the Muslims since Israel retaliates but doesn't start the conflicts. There is no way the Muslims who left Israel in 1948 are getting reparations. They left voluntarily and I even think Israel offered to let them come back after the fighting stopped. But, the High Mufti and the other leaders, thought they could force the world to give them control over Israel if they kept up the chaos and kept the refugees from returning and here we are today, 77 years later and counting.
