Hamas and Hezbollah, if like you said, are bent on destroying Israel, they are not the whole people. If Israel wants peace, there are so many Palestinians and Arabs willing, and they have tried with the Oslo agreement. Blockade, massacres, and settlements increase are the complete opposite of peace.
This is where your logic completely breaks down. If enough Palestinians wanted peace- and enough is the key word here, because all are indoctrinated to hate Israel from birth- they wouldn't have had the leadership they have had for 80 years now with no results. What happened was they lost very badly in 3 wars they started. You have no idea how badly, and it wasn't because the U.S.A was helping Israel, because the other side had even more significant armament from the USSR. It was due to incompetent leadership, politically and militarily, and total disorganization and disarray in the battlefield. And I know this from family members who fought and observed it in the battlefield. They fought well armed, but ineptly led and disorganized troops that scattered and ran as soon as the Israelis repelled their attacks.
After traditional military attacks failed and resulted in humiliating defeats in 3 separate wars they started, the Palestinian leadership turned to terrorism and repeated civilian attacks in the last 50 years. This hasn't worked either. So it's up to the Palestinian people to change their leaders but they can't. You know why? Because their leaders rape the country economically, keep the people powerless and indoctrinated while Abbas and his comrades live like Kings, in Castles. He is worth $100 million and they can't touch him, and he consolidates his power by keeping the people down, ignorant, and indoctrinated that Israel is the reason for all their problems. This has been going on for 50 years now and with no change. At some point it has to stop. The Palestinians are going backwards, not forwards.
As far as the settlements, they are and have been a problem, and it's due to the religious right in Israel, which is prevalent in this area. They actually harassed my own family members for "improper dress", and called one of them a whore. They harass Jews not up to their religious standards as well as Arab "nonbelievers." Equal opportunity dispossessors. For reasons beyond the scope of this thread, the Israeli Orthodox and religious right Jews have WAY more political power than they deserve, and they are primarily responsible for that situation and the way Netanyahu is acting. Israel isn't a country that is without fault or problems, and the 2 major ones are the religious's right and it's disproportionate power based on their numbers, and the lack of power of the judicial branch over the executive. When the President basically overrules the Supreme Court by executive order, it's a big problem.
