Gaza is not part as Israel and is ruled by Jihadist militant forces bent on Israel's destruction as it's political platform- not exactly the peace Palestinians can negotiate with any time soon. They seem to still think that indiscriminate rockets and suicide killing will bring Israel to their knees. This kind of policy is very dangerous for all the decent Palestinian civilians who want a real life The other areas are up for negotiations - so we'll see.

Israel has turned Gaza into a huge outdoor prison camp, which it is slowly starving, so it shouldn't surprise anyone if the Gazans act like they don't like it. Israel's only alternatives with regard to Gaza are to leave it alone so the Gazans can get on with life, transfer all of the Palestinians elsewhere, continue to put up with the rocket attacks, or kill all of the people in Gaza. It looks like Israel has chosen the last alternative.

On the subject of the West Bank and East Jerusalem, how do you feel about the idea of Israel withdrawing to the pre-1967 borders?