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The Palestinian people are caught in the middle and have been for centuries. They are not Arab so the surrounding countries don't really care about them and they especially don't care for the Christian Palestinians.

Most people in the area (as with most people around the world) want to get on and live happily and, like most people around the world, probably would if the war mongers would do everyone a favour and shoot themselves. But there are those war mongers who seek the destruction of "the other side" or at best a forceful response to threats.

And the world/situation is so polarised that you can't leave it to institutions like the UN. Even if the UN were "fair" and made a "fair" judgement it would be very hard to implement. The Jewish people especially are very wary of any such judgement as history has shown that in the long run it really isn't that "fair" at all and nearly always leaves them at a disadvantage. The 1948 vote left Israel as an almost indefensible nation that was immediately attacked and nearly cut in half. But any attempt to divide the land "fairly" will never work. Someone will always be disadvantaged in some way they feel unjust and unacceptable. And that doesn't even start to look at Jerusalem.

Arab/Jewish animosity dates back to Abraham, Isaac and Ishmael. It's not going to be solved easily.