I got the meaning of "Schindler's List" completely wrong!

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71. Thanks very much for posting

I think the other important point that these authors are making is that for the Palestinians, "peace" , by necessity, consists of more than a cessation of overt violence (essential as a ceasefire is for all parties), they need at least the hope of one day being able to flourish as a society with the sort of autonomy, rights and freedoms that we take for granted, they need to feel that they are at least travelling in that direction. One thing that's clear is that a return to the status quo of recent years is highly unlikely to deliver lasting peace, security, rights and freedoms for all parties.

As one who has always wished Israel well, I despair at the lack of will within the Netanyahu government to forge a strategy to meet substantive Palestinian aspirations. It's becoming increasingly clear to me that this government is happy to continue indefinately with periodically "mowing the grass" in Gaza while it continues to sanction creeping annexation on the West Bank. Moreover, I'm told that the Israeli electorate is generally pretty happy with this and there is no particular appetite for any real change.

I guess that Israel's allies recognise the dangers of letting things fester indefinitely but they seem impotent and/ or domestically shackled. Maybe if a functional, unitary Palestinian government somehow emerges from the fog, some hands will be forced.