"In the impossible relationship between Israel and the Palestinians, both sides have for years suffered from almost complete blindness to reality's complexity. Each is certain that the other side is ceaselessly deceiving it; that the other side does not want peace at all; that any compromise move by the other side is camouflage for an intrigue designed to bring the other side's victory and the elimination of its own existence."

That's from an article reprinted in today's Guardian by Israeli peace activist David Grossman. Rather than copy it inthe thread, pretending that David Grossman posted it himself, here is a link to it.

And I suggest that anybody who is interested enough in this topic to consider posting to this thread should take the trouble to click on the blue clicky and read it. It doesn't have any clever new solutions to present, but it does eloquently remind us what a complicated business this is.