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 There will never be peace between Israel and Palestine - this war started from Biblical time over the Holy land. Just like there will never be peace between Russia and Ukraine because of that shared port / only pathway. The best one can do is keep everyone calm and find ways to work together. Clinton's Camp David may have been the closest to bridge this but he was taken down. JFK advocated global calmness but he was killed. 

Another way of seeing this, the US trillion dollar military industry has too high supply and not enough demand. That and some of the richest political backers in the US are for Israel - most obv in the business world is US venture funds allocation for US and Israel only. Also, something is always bound to happen nearing election - same like Covid-19 right ?  
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 I gave this a few moments today, in the states, the Europeans (now known as Americans) eased tensions with the tribal nations by giving monetary and ownership rights to certain resources but the US fought many wars with the native people before peace 
 The American Indians lost everything. US is their rightful land. For centuries they were oppressed, tormented, raped, murdered, chased away from their homeland, robbed, turned to slaves, brought down to their knees in desperation. Today they have reserve lands today but they cant chop trees, hunt, farm freely in accordance to their culture. Many tribes were forever gone. US did not "collaborate" with the American Natives or "provide" for them. They killed most of them.  
 Yes and this is probably what will happen with the Palestinians too. At least native Americans can now vote, they have first class citizenship at last. I think a lot of Palestinians would be happy with that and it makes sense. But Israel can never accept it. Always "two state solution."

Israel's response will be disproportionate and I fear the Palestinians will be decimated as the native Americans were. 
 There are some tribes that are doing very well for themselves, and some tribes that aren’t

You must just not know about the tribes that are 
 Doing well now, by today's standards. This all happened 100 years ago when you could not say that. In 100 years whatever is left of the middle-east will be "doing quite well" also. Well, maybe not, but the point remains. 
 Ok, but that culture is outdated now. Given the choice, American Natives will favor smart phones and video games over chopping wood. 
 South Dakota is really ugly compared to southern Appalachia, 

Does any one want to spend time outside in South Dakota? 

The environment has a big impact on your habits