I wish that Cenk would mention the link between lack of education and wisdom.  We expect the Palestinians to make such wise decisions that have been well-pondered upon. Truth is that uneducated people tend to stick to guns and religion. And it takes education, and, usually, exposure to the scientific process, to approach things in a logical and practical manner. I completely expect the Palestinian 'fighters', most of whom are uneducated teenagers and young adults, to behave the way they do. Let's not even get into the psychological affects of being unemployed on the Educated. (Only 4 persons out of 10 persons are part of the labour force in Gaza Stip.)

But what I don't expect is the Israeli government, constituting highly educated members, to act the way they usually do, and how they are reacting to the current situation in the Gaza Strip. If I am an intelligent, wise Israeli who approaches issues logically and in a calm manner, then I can easily realize that the best way to stop Hammas is through dialogue AND, since dialogue alone won't solve anything, by giving them land that belonged to them as per the 1967 boarders. They can settle the details through dialogue and negotiations. So, why is the Israeli government acting the way they are now? Could it be because they actually don't want to give the Palestinians any more land? That's the only 'logical' conclusion I can come to.

Cenk raised a great point when he was arguing with Michael Shure yesterday. He said that Israel should speak through their actions. Some pro-Israelis keep saying, “The Palestinians will not be happy until they've taken every bit of land from them. What happens when they are given half of Jerusalem and they still want more?” It's the same kind of question that pro-slavery advocates iterated prior to abolition: “What's next, rights for dogs?” Instead of actually taking actions and speaking through these actions, these what-ifs are raised to scare us and divert attention from the actual issue. But we all know that anti-slavery advocates simply wanted equal rights for Blacks. But what's MORE important to realize is that the pro-slavery advocates knew that ALL the anti-slavery advocates wanted were equal rights for Blacks and not rights for any and all kinds of 'properties'. Similarly, could it be that the Israeli government asks these types of questions because they don't actually want to give Palestinians any more land? This question lies at the heart of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Land or no land? Yes or no?

>One thing that could help pushing their solution to a >more peacful one is increased education. This is where >the US and the EU should contribute with funding

totally agree, but let's not forget that we're talking about a people who part of the time don't even have electricity.
I think, especially in the US, a lot of people seem to forget that a large portion of the Palestinian still live in the camps the Israelis put them in 50 years ago. When I say camps, don't think of concentration camps, but camps nonetheless, maybe they're more like reservations. And yes for a large portion of the last 50 years Palestinians left the reservation in the morning to go work in Israel, afterwhich they could return to their shanty towns.
Compare it to the Mexican immigrant in the US who cleans the house for a rich white American for a crapy wage and has to go home to a bad neighborhood WITH the difference the Mexican isn't the immigrant, but the white American is and on top that used to be your land he built on.