Not entirely false, but also not entirely true.Per wrote: 1) According to polls in the 1990's some two thirds of Palestinians favoured a two state solution, with Israel and Palestine living side by side in mutually recognised nations. The same held true for Israelis polled, so at least around the time of the Oslo accord, a vast majority on both sides were willing to compromise and recognise the rights of those on the opposite side in exchange for peace. Now, a lot of things have happened since then. A Jewish settler murdered Rabin, in the next election Netanyahu came to power and did everything in his might to sabotage the Oslo accord. The Palestinians got frustrated and started to look to the extremist Hamas instead of the more moderate Fatah, and things deteriorated pretty fast.
Anyway, Fatah, as well as the Palestinian Authority, have recognised Israel and it's right to exist within the internationally accepted 1967 borders. That's a pretty good start. So, the official governing body of the West Bank and Gaza, as well as the major political party and (at least in a twenty year old poll) some two thirds of the population have all recognised Israel's right to exist. It's a huge problem that roughly a third of the Palestinians, as well as the second biggest party, do not recognise Israel, but it is not true to state that that goes for all Palestinians.
2) Israel does not welcome with open arms those Palestinians/Arabs/Muslims who want peace. I mean, one of the main reasons almost all Palestinians left the area that today is recognised as Israel were a number of massacres where Jewish terrorists (Irgun, the Stern gang, whatever) attacked Arab villages and slaughtered everyone. Of course they don't do that today, but one of the main obstacles in all negotiations between Israel and the PLO has been the right to return. Israel is not interested in allowing the Palestinian refugees return home, as that would mean the Jews would no longer be the majority. This is also why some right wingers have left Likud to create a party that while right wing truly favours a two state solution. As Tipsi Livni (sp?) has said, "Without a Palestinian state, Israel can be Jewish or democratic, but not both". The present solution is similar to the apartheid era in South Africa.
In closing, the funniest thing (in a very dark and twisted way) is that the Palestinians really are Jews! Genetic studies show that they are roughly 80% Jewish, which is more than the Sephardic (Middle East) Jews, who are only about 70% Jewish. Ashkenazi Jews, for all their blonde hair and blue eyes and fondness for pork, are also about 80% Jewish, so all in all they are all about equally suited to claim Abraham's inheritance. Some Palestinians even have "the priestly Cohen gene", albeit not as many as among the diaspora Jews, which also makes sense.
In Jewish folklore, it is said that all Jews left after the destruction of the temple. Yeah, right. The elite left (including many of the priests) and quite a few others too, but most of the farmers and labourers stayed put. Just like in any other war. They were first subjugated by the Romans, then forcibly converted to Christianity, then forcibly converted to Islam. But they stayed put in the same place. Then two thousand years later their cousins show up and say "Hey, this place is rightfully ours! Get out!"
Except for this sentence...
"The present solution is similar to the apartheid era in South Africa."
... which of course is completely asinine.
There are many ways to paint the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.
This has been one of them.