History shows that long, violent, religious/cultural conflicts, full of hatred and fear on both sides, CAN be resolved when ‘a few good politicians’ on both sides WANT to resolve the issues of that conflict peacefully – and take a huge political gamble in taking that resolve to their own people.
As only when more of those people they represent come with them on the attempt to negotiate a lasting settlement (than won’t), can either side legitimately and effectively negotiate for peace.
Re your “concentration camp/bombing” rant in your first paragraph, CLEARLY as the world powers in 2000 were pushing for a Palestinian/Israeli ‘roadmap’ for peace - and secret negotiations went on for 2-years between Palestinians and Israelis to produce a ‘big picture’ settlement that became the 2003 Geneva Accord – resulting in Israel pulling it’s settlers out of Gaza (and some out of the West Bank), that was NOT the Israelis motives.
The 2006 election of Hamas complete changed the political climate for a ‘big picture’ settlement, showing on the Palestinian peoples side that not only did they had no interest in a settlement where both sides give and take, they wanted to INCREASE the armed conflict with Israel – and you and the Hamas apologists can NEVER deny that.
Yet you still look for Israeli ‘small picture’ concessions to give up land and give citizenship to those Arabs other than Palestinians and Druze who obtain it by birthright, so other Palestinians who via the ballot box or the missile, want to wipe them off the face of the earth.
In what planet would those under attack from a whole nation, go out of their way to give those that mean them harm, ‘the keys’ to the Israeli gates and make them all citizens, within a State with a Ministry of Religious Affairs and a ‘Right to Return’ policy, where there are 2nd class Jews? The Bedouin Arabs within Israel can only seem to achieve a 2nd class citizen status as well, which seems wrong, but this has was not any key component/stumbling block of the 2003 Geneva Accord I can see.
Obviously a key component of the 2003 Geneva Accord was the cessation of hostilities, especially by the Palestinians who WANT Israeli keys to their own homeland and access to land and rights in theirs - and need the Israeli politicians and citizens to concede, believing they have something back in return.
But I reiterate, the 2006 election of Hamas meant there could NEVER be ‘s few good politicians’ on the Palestinian side, that could bring the Palestinians aboard a 2003 type peace accord, as they REJECTED IT outright, via the 2006 Palestinian ballot box.
So everything stays as it was, relatively short term peace, with no prospects of a 2003 type settlement, likely to resume hostilities once Hamas regroups and rearms.