They fought for their 'identity' for "65" years, while we fought for ours for 2000.
They have 22 states to find refugee in, we have none.
Who do you think has more to lose? who will fight for their survival more?
States and identity are not solely tied to religion.
Otherwise Bangledesh would never have split off from Pakistan.
They have no more states than you have - after all, there are Jews all over the world if you look at it that way.
Both deserve recognition of their identity, a right to self determination, and a right to exist as a people. It shouldn't that hard to acknowledge - the legitimacy of fundamental rights are not determined by how long they've been fought for but by what is right and just and human - what we all want for ourselves.
Then Arafat should have accepted the deal offered to him.
Either way, Abbas made it clear, he will not make peace unless the Palestinians have full sovereignty over East Jerusalem and Israel has made it clear in the past that Jerusalem will never be divided.
No peace deal is a WHOLE lot worse for the Palestinians than the Israelis