Quote Originally Posted by Dorcus View Post
This is very much a long shot and would certainly take time but the only hope would be for the electorate to put sufficient pressure on governments to sort this once and for all round the table. The initiative must come from Western governments because we know there is no democracy in Iran. The problem now is that the West consider Israel an important strategic ally and will do nothing to restrain it but on the contrary encourage.violence. If it became an issue which could decide their electoral fate then change could materialize.
I think one of the issues that isn't being fully grasped is the power play with Iran and the level of extreme opinions that Hamas hold. You are literally talking about IS level fanaticism now and thats very hard to reckon with, esp when they use civilians as collateral.

There are reasonable if extremely difficult conversations to have over the west bank and Gaza etc but how do you deal with people who don't recognise your right to exist?