Why can't we all just get along?

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Israel and Palestine is a conflict that has gone on as long as I can remember. One side wishes for peace the other hinders the process and it goes on. Any time our government criticizes Israel, they face backlash from its citizens, but when we support Israel we face backlash from the international world. As I sit in my warm home with my children without fear of bombings or being displaced I feel terrible for the children of both sides of this conflict. All they have ever known is war, fear and hatred.

Most of the everyday people of this region wish for peace, they wish for a two state solution. Many Palestinians are not members of the suicide bomb gang and though all Israelis are required to serve in the military, they just want to live their lives. Unfortunately the latest round of talks was thwarted by Israel's expansion of housing into Palestinian territory, giving the feeling that Israel's government would like nothing more than to push Palestinians further out of their territory. The bottom line is that Israel has done this many times breaking UN rules, crossing lines.

The Arab world, with whom we must be friendly, hates our backing of Israel in this. When Roosevelt sat down with the Saudi King, even he was told all those years ago that supporting the Jews in Palestine would cause strife in relations with Arabs. Was he right or what? Israel now has the perception it can do whatever it likes and frankly what do Palestinians have to lose? They don't even have a real home. As we send armaments to Israel since we now require an ally in that region of the world, we send money for basic human needs for Palestinians, many of whom do not have access to basic needs like drinking water.

The Jews needed a home after WWII clearly they were no longer safe in Europe. Whether the Israeli solution was right or wrong, we are now faced with two groups. One that keeps its population burgeoning beyond what its nation can handle and another bitter over what has been lost and the way they are now forced to live. All these years later and this is not a plan for peace. My question in these situations is always how does the US overrule the UN, what gives us that kind of power? If the people, the common everyday people see the solution why is it not then happening?