Do you think Palestinians would tolerate suicide bombers if they viewed their Jewish cousins as benefactors?
The current course of the Israeli government seems likely to create more support for terrorism among the Palestinians, a sad situation.
Blame the PLO, Hamas, Islamic Jihad and all of their terrorist brethren. Their unwillingness to deal with Israel, their poisoning of the minds of the young against all Jews (not just Israel), their justification of the murder of innocent men, women, children and infants, their acquisition of weapons and explosives and their recruitment of ignorant and easily-molded young people to carry out suicide mass murders - these are the things that prevent a solution. How is it that over 1 million Arab citizens of Israel somehow manage to get along with very little in the way of violence against Israel? The simple answer is that they don't suffer from "leaders" whose activities make the Mafia look like a mutual aid society.
BTW, did you happen to read about the Israeli town in the "West Bank" that had a medical clinic attacked by terrorists in March. It seems that it rendered aid not only to the Israeli residents of the town, but also to two nearby Arab villages. Some terrorist was quoted as having said that the object of the attack was to show that cooperation between Israelis and Arabs would not be tolerated. Haven't you seen what happens to the Arabs who are alleged to have cooperated with Israel - they are drawn and quartered, with no trial! I wish that I had a link to the story, because I'd post it here. But this shows what is really going on - the Arabs who reside near Israel have no choice, because the beasts on two legs that control them won't allow for a reasonable settlement.
Do you think Palestinians would tolerate suicide bombers if they viewed their Jewish cousins as benefactors?
As pointed out above, they have no choice. Resistance to the PA by ordinary Arabs is futile - even if a particular person was brave enough to stand up to them, his family would suffer lethal consequences.
The current course of the Israeli government seems likely to create more support for terrorism among the Palestinians, a sad situation.
Possibly. However, it may also show many more Arabs the futility of trying to fight Israel. It may be like a slap in the face, something that brings a bunch of people to their senses. By the way, notice how few suicide bombing have occurred since March 29 - it is certainly an improvement over the situation before then.
I don't know the solution, though I do know what won't work. What is your suggestion as to how the Israeli government should have handled 18 months of suicide bombings, culminating in the spasm of violence at the end of March? If the answer is to negotiate with Arafat, then I will tell you that this will not work - it never has. Arafat is not a partner for peace: either he controls the terrorists (my view) and is thus not a partner, or he can't control them, in which case why should Israel talk to him?
I think that it is past time for you to blink your eye, to come out of that stupor you are in, and to get rid of those illogical preconceptions that you've got.