weak they cannot enter negotiations as equals to get a fair and reasonable agreement. The US wholesale support of Israel only perpetuates this situation. The Israeli right has so altered the "facts on the ground" that a two-state solution is no longer viable, without massive withdrawals of Israelis for Palestinian territories. That was precisely the intent these settlements, some of whose advocates still envision an a greater Israel encompassing all of the Palestinian territories (but without the Palestinians). Under these circumstances to say that Palestinians do not want peace is a bit misguided.

The only real solution, in my view, is a secular, democratic state in which Arabs and Israelis are equal before the law.

That's why we have words like "most" and "many"...to keep Romneys and their ilk from being total imbeciles.