It's a bit difficult to respond to rants but I shall try since there is so much misinformation and Ill ignore the insults and childish bits if thats ok with you. I'm glad though that you realise that Israeli people are actually quite nice :)
I agree that israel should get out of the settlements, they should never have been built in the first place. The Palestinians are quite right that it's wrong to have built them.
No, I wouldn't want to swap with the Palestinians. Not just because of the Israeli occupation but because, as a woman, I really wouldn't want the restrictions of palestinian society and the Islamic fundamentalism which is taking hold there. I like being able to wear what I want, say what I want. Israel has built a thriving, liberal, western democracy, i like that kind of society. I'm not sure what you're trying to say though - that the Palestinians don't want a 2 state solution because isrsel is so terrible? Then what do they want? To carry on living like they are? All of israel? The 2 state solution is the only viable option. Id also like to make peace with the swedes, they seem so much more rational than the Palestinians. The only trouble is you have to make peace with your enemies, not your friends.
I appreciate there's been a lot of heart ache on the Palestinian side. There's also been a lot on the Israeli side. A good friend of mine was blown up by a Palestinian car bomb. She was 27 when she died, an only child. I had to go to her funeral, look at her parents' devastated faces. They don't want revenge, only an end to this. When i worked in Jerusalem, 2 colleagues in 2 separate terror attacks (one on a bus, one in a cafe) lost teenage children. They didn't talk of revenge, they were just sad. It was awful seeing their grey faces (literally grey, i cant explain it). Unlike you, this isnt just on tv and on documentaries for me, this is real. I'm glad you don't condone violence, neither do I.
I also don't look down at anyone's suffering which is why I volunteered in an NGO working with Israelis and Palestinians when I lived in Israel. It's also why I find it amusing that you're calling me blinkered when it seems that your knowledge is gathered from tv and not real life experience!
I did snort my tea all over my keyboard when I saw that you thought that the British came to help the Palestinians. Seriously? I think you need to do a little more reading about middle east history. Firstly, the British came to palestine in 1917 following the collapse of the ottoman empire and were very supportive to the Jews at first. Have you ever heard of the Balfour declaration where the British government expressed its support for a Jewish homeland? The Arabs slaughtered many many British youth doing the revolts in the 1930s and the British worked hand in hand with the Jewish community in Palestine at that time. Have a read about orde wingate, a British officer who helped the Jews establish a regular army. Then in ww2, the Jews from Palestine fought shoulder to shoulder with the British. The Arabs didn't. In fact, the mufti of Jerusalem was great pals with hitler. There was a Jewish terror underground post 1945, mainly composed of young people who had emerged from the camps of Europe. They did not have widespread support among the Jewish population who worked with the British to have them arrested (it was called the saison, you can google it). The British turned it over to the UN who came up with the partition plan which the Palestinians promptly rejected (I know UN resolutions concern you greatly - if only this one had been accepted, all the rest could have been avoided). At this point, the British just wanted out and they did just that.
Hamas did not gain popularity because of Israeli 'atrocities'. Islamic fundamentalism is on the rise throughout the Arab and Muslim world. Look at who won elections in Egypt? I suspect the ridiculous amount of corruption in the Palestinian authority probably didn't help either. But as the saying goes, if you sleep with dogs, don't be surprised if you wake up with fleas.