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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 ?