I don't know what the official count would be if you tallied up all of the broken promises, but over the last three decades I am left with a distinct impression that Palestinians have broken cease-fires again and again and again that the Israelis have tried to observe. The rocket attacks guarantee that no peace is possible, and that is what the people who launch them intend. The blockades are rather ham-fisted attempts to prevent the importation of rockets to Palestine, it's true, but how else is Israel going to stop the rocket attacks short of rolling in there and killing everyone?
I understand the grievance that the Palestinians have about being displaced and they're right, it wasn't fair. It wasn't then, and it hasn't gotten any more fair since, it never will. The thing is the world turns on in spite of past transgressions, and now for the sake of halting the killing they need to accept the existence of Israel and live within that new reality. They need to stop believing it will be like it was before and adapt. I suppose they can choose to take the attitude that they'll never stop fighting until the Jews pack up their bags and leave, as many of them have up to this point, but ultimately that is a self-destructive position because it isn't going to happen.
