The Ask Project shows how such sanity is rare on the West Bank. Some of the respondents who refuse to say publicly that they accept a two state solution say so privately. But they're afraid of being killed as traitors if they say so publicly.

Muslims view a successful, rich Jewish state as a permanent affront to the truth of Islam as God's final revelation. Israeli economic and military success is irreconcilable with revealed Muslim truth. This Muslim collision with secular modernity is three centuries old and portrayed in Bernard Lewis' What Went Wrong.

With 1% of their GDP Qatar, the UAE and Saudi Arabia could rebuild Gaza and finance a joint peacekeeping force. But they'd be Iranian targets. They're happier outsourcing the destruction of Hamas to Israel instead of getting their hands dirty by taking responsibility for the results.

Iran proxy Hamas launched the Oct 7 attacks to prevent Israel-Saudi rapprochement. For this kleptocratic mafia with a jihadi flag a pile of Gazan corpses is a small price to pay to stay in business making billions in Doha. Ismail Haniyeh's son owns a pile of Turkish real estate, for just one example.

Watch Sam Harris' podcast to understand the long term roots of the problem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFBm8nQ2aBo

Jews have their theocratic fascists too. But they're marginal in comparison. There's no Muslim equivalent to the mass protests against Netanyahu over an entire year against his judicial overhaul.