I would agree with McGrath except for one point---which is probably the sticking point in the entire scenario.   Palestinians, to my knowledge, were the Israelites and were forced out of their native land all those many moons ago. In the history of the area---a blink of an eye in terms of the universe--Jews were the inhabitants and then forced out into the very unkind (mostly) Diaspora,

So a brief and concise history:

They came home. They were not welcome. They were warred against. They perservered. End of story.

They also are willing to compromise ---well, perhaps, not this leader; leaders prior to him and they were thwarted at all turns. Check the papers---Carter, Clinton, etc;

Bill Hahn