I'm sure the "Arabs" would still prefer to have all of what they originally lost. But at this point they understand that this is not possible and they are willing to compromise for less than 40 percent of what they originally had. They are willing to compromise - the government of Israel is not.

Since shortly after World War II it has been illegal under international law to take land by conquest. It is illegal under international law as well as the Geneva Convention and the UN Charter to take land by conquest. Taking land by conquest is a war crime under international law. If people are going to be using the UN as their validation, they need to make sure they aren't doing so selectively, otherwise they have no validity at all.