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Well, that's the whole problem right there. Both sides behave like little children, they're each holding a rock (one of the rocks is conventional and the other is a nuclear rock, but they're still basically just rocks) and neither will put theirs down until the other does. This is foreign policy at its most infantile. Compared to this, the MAD Doctrine is downright sophisticated.
If there's going to be peace, SOMEBODY has to make the first move. With a long stick made of rolled up US Dollars poking them in the back, it MIGHT be the Israelis who do it. MIGHT.
If they did, there's a CHANCE (CHANCE!) that the various Palestinian factions might put their rocks down too. And if they did, the whole rest of the Middle East might (MIGHT!) put their rocks down. A sovereign Palestine is the lynch pin to the whole thing.
It's a long shot. Peace IS a long shot, always. I think it's worth it, and I'd LOVE to see it happen.
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