My friends, its called power.  Once the Arabs, Iranians, etc get some power, they will be able to negotiate!  Nuclear weapons anyone?

President Obama is nothing but a spineless wimp succumbing to Israeli pressure.
The only way to have peace in the Middle East is for the U.S. to stop giving Israel
billions of dollars to expand their Zionist doctrines and that includes expanding
settlements in occupied Palestine and killing innocent women and children who
stand up for their rights as human beings.  America, wake up and see the truth
that American policy is dictated by Israel and that is the reason why most of the
world hates American politicians.

I can’t believe these two peoples can’t find ways to make peace.  Hundreds of Arabs and Israelis have been working there together for decades, side by side, on local issues nobody ever hears about == educating their children together, taking initiatives together to try to understand differences and overcome injustices.  Tens of thousands of individuals on both sides want the warring to stop.  It seems the governmental agencies and political hotheads on both sides do not want peace to break out.  They actually prefer fighting. Military interests sell them arms.  Maybe these governmental agencies could be convinced to forego their fixation on violence if some skilled negotiators/conciliators from around the world could devote the necessary time and care to work with people on site, and help figure out mutually acceptable small goals for provisional agreement, then work with those to take the next steps. Gradually positive experiences might make a different scenario possible. Sixty years or more of fear and hatred is probably enough for anybody, let alone for people who are “cousins,” so to speak. But it appears they have both painted themselves into a corner and are now imprisoned by their recent history.

Anyone who believes that Netanyahu wants any kind of peace with the Palestinians is deluded. I would hope President Obama is not deluded but he is definitely not willing to go against AIPAC. Thus, the occupied territories will continue to be diminished and the Palestinians will continue to be marginalized.