Comment by bestnameever
1 year ago
> Palestinians have over the years engaged in many good faith peace talks.
So has Israel
> Honored their side of many cease-fire agreements.
So has Israel
> The status quo (before Oct 7) was pretty great for Israel and terrible for the Palestinians.
The status quo was partially the result of Israel being repeatedly attacked.
> Palestinians will gladly take any serious peace deal, even if that deal strongly favors Israeli interests, because the status quo is unbearable.
I think that if this was the case, October 7th would not have happened, Hamas would have surrendered, and the hostages would have been returned.
Having said this, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is highly complex.
When Hamas got elected Israel aborted all peace talks and built a fence with gun turrets around Gaza. No peace talks means no peace.
It turns out being the group who sent suicide bombers to restaurants, nightclubs, and busses, and who call for genocide of the jews regularly, are not a credible partner for peace.
And when israel does work with them, people say "See, bibi was supporting hamas!"