Let's not let the perfect be the enemy of the good.

People are at pains to say that the problem isn't religious or ethnic, but ultimately (because that's what really matters to them, I guess) money and finances. That can be couched in terms of prosperity, well-being, political power (seldom are the prosperous disenfranchised), or any of numerous other terms.

That's also the cause, they say, of things like Hamas' antagonism and fundamentalism. Okay, I think that's a crock, but there's still an element of truth in it. If you're prosperous, then the occasional slight isn't as big a deal as when you're poor. A man with honor, a large bank account, nice clothes, and a big house and family is going to be a bit less concerned with his honor than a man with his honor, a big family, and little else, and will probably take out his revenge in ways that don't involve organs being splattered about. (Well, unless your bin Laden, then it's okay to have splattered organs as long as they're not your own.)

If the Palestinians have economic peace with Israel, then perhaps we'll see an upswing in their economy as we did a decade or two ago. Attacks dropped. There was more cooperation. Had it continued then the compromises necessary might have been possible. The Israelis might have seen Palestinians as less then fellaheen and the Palestinians might have seen the Israelis less as despoilers of their wealth.

But more than that, I think you entirely miss the problem, which is one of equality of people under the law.

It isn't an "occasional slight" when the homes of an extended family are bulldozed, the family told to move on, by authorities who represent a different "nationality" and who don't recognize your right to land or resources.

That's what it's about.