I mean, afaik both the Jews and Muslims have a legitimate claim to the land, as both their religions have a long history of that territory being "holy" to them. The problem is that (understandably) the Jews only want to be ruled by Jews, and the Muslims only want to be ruled by Muslims. So Israel and Palestine are incompatible with each other in terms of government, leading to the issue that it'll be extremely hard to get them to shake hands and govern jointly (which, imo, would be the ideal).

That's not excusing Israel for the violence against the Palestinians. It's absolutely horrid. Nor is it excusing Palestine for violence against Israelis. While understandable when looking at their recent history of Israeli aggression, doesn't exactly make them look good. edit: this was written before Hamas just mowed down a field of concert goers. Fucking disgusting. If you have an issue, take it out on the cops or soldiers, not on the people who are just trying to have a good time.