Hmm, ok. So you don't think the way Israel treats them plays into that at all?
Frankly, no. And it took me decades to get to that point, but no. I have devoted my life to the study of this history and this topic and I do not believe anything Israel did or did not do would have ever changed the reality that the Arab Muslims (widely and not just Palestinians) were deeply, deeply aggrieved by the idea of their dhimmi (subordinates) gaining independence and ruling over them in any possible sense.
It wasn't about land or houses. I am a child of the dispossessed. I assure you I give zero though to the home that was taken from my grandma. Nobody does, except in this one set of circumstances because the people involved have been conditioned to believe they have been uniquely mistreated by the foul Jews and must avenge themselves. It doesn't enter their sphere largely that Jews had far more taken and were treated far more foully. It's not about logic, it is a belief hinged on religion.
It was always about dominance of Islam which is ingrained into the psyche and belief system of these people. That is not to say all Muslims - I have two Muslim immediate family members as well as colleagues and friends who are not enraged at the idea of a Jewish state and who just want peace - but sadly they were not elected. the ones who were elected are beset of a deep belief that every inch of this land must be won for Islam, and they are happy to send others to their deaths indefinitely until that is achieved.
Had the lands of Israel been swallowed up into Jordan and Syria, nobody would have batted an eyelid. No one would have given a toss. This is about Jews, having independence, on land that a nationalist Arabs perceive as theirs. And nothing Israel has done or can do will ever stop them. Being nice didn't work, being harsh didn't work, peace negotiations are pointless. There is only one acceptable outcome which is total annihilation of Israel.
Most Palestinians have had relatives killed by Israel, displaced by Israel, maimed by Israel, illegally detained by Israel, humiliated by Israel, forced into poverty by Israel, have their water restricted by Israel and on and on and on it goes.
I think this is all part of the problem. Some of that is true, but if people were able to take a cognitive step back and say "yes, but we took their homeland, made them our subordinates, built our mosque over their temple, destroyed 3/4 of their holiest city, and have been trying to kill them repeatedly for decades" then they'd come to a more reasonable perspective. The problem is they don't get there. It is only the one sided victim mentality which comes from living in a place where you are under a dictatorship, where racism against Jews is taught and actively encouraged and where only 10% of history is taught. That's deliberate. And Palestinians are brainwashed from birth for this. If any of them grow up and start thinking differently, Hamas arrests them and tortures them. They're trapped.
They are also (and seemingly people around the world are also) not capable of apportioning blame to Hamas for things which are their responsibility. It is objective fact that if Israel were not perpetually attacked, it would not detain people for suspected terrorism. It is observable fact that Israel doesn't "restrict water" to Gaza. It provides some water free in accordance with the Oslo accords and the rest is up to Gaza itself. Sadly though, 50% of Gazas water is wasted due to no maintenance and pipes and so on being deliberately destroyed. Valves, for example, are urgently needed to maintain pipes -but each time they are shipped in they are looted and used to make bombs. At what point does Israel stop being solely responsible here?
So many aspects of Palestinian lives are influenced by what Israel allows.
Only because Israel has to defend itself. That is literally the only reason. They tried to help Gaza prosper when they withdrew. They drew up plans for this and sadly Gaza chose instead to have war. I am sorry you do not see this but it is the simple truth. Yes, the current govt of Israel are horrible, but they were not 18 years ago and in return they got rockets fired at them and suicide bombs on their school buses.
How many people like their illegal occupier? I live in Ireland and we still have people that pull a face at the mention of 'the Brits' because of what was done to us by our occupiers.
Ireland was fighting for freedom from those who colonised it and imposed their laws on them. You cannot see it, but it is JEWS who had this done to them. There was no "Jewish" empire which swept the middle east and subjugated Muslims. The Jews and Christians and many other people's were there and it was THEY who were invaded by the Islamic empire which made them all dhimmi and forced them to live by Islamic law as lesser citizens. They were banned from owning land in their own countries. It's a shame you just can't see this.
Israel does not want to colonise Gaza. It was Palestine and numerous other countries which were trying to war against Israel. And each time Israel won, they cried and stamped their feet. Despite all that for decades, Israel VOLUNTARILY gave Gaza it's freedom, it withdrew entirely and gave them infrastructure, hospitals, schools, even agricultural facilities to provide jobs and food. Within weeks Hamas had taken over, fired rockets at Tel Aviv, murdered all their opponents and bombed and looted the infrastructure. And as they kept bombing and killing Jews, a blockade went up to stop them.
You cannot have a viable negotiation with a partner who fails to recognise your right to exist.
No, you can't. And there has never - not since the end of WWI - been any Palestinian movement or political party with any traction that ever accepted Israel's right to exist. In the last election -albeit 18 years ago - the only party suggesting that got around 3% of the vote. Israelis, have never voted in any government with a platform to annihilate or conquer Palestine!
This story is ever so twisted, and when people finally see it then peace can prevail