[Howard Beale]

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Israel isn't perfect but they sure as hell have a right to exist.

[/ QUOTE ]Lets say they dont have a right to exist. It doesnt really matter. They are not going away. Maybe the Palestinians has gotten one of the worst deals in the 20th century. That doesnt matter either.

The Palestinians should still act in their own self interest and try to prosper with the hand dealt to them. I dont understand why they do not. What am I missing from the equation?

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However bad the Palestinians have it they have had it nowhere close to the worst in the 20th or any other century. They are lucky they are dealing with Jews who will try to understand them, try to deal with them, try to appease them, try to reason with them instead of simply destroying them.

IMO, they do what they do because their Arab culture demands revenge above all else. Having been 'humiliated' by losing over and over they must strive to regain their manhood or else they are regarded as less than men. This extends to murdering their own women or seeking to murder those who offend themselves or their tribes. There is now anarchy and near civil war in Gaza because they know no other way and that's the way it's always going to be until a peace is imposed on them by others on the Arab side, not the Western side. And who knows if that will ever happen.