It would be nice if we came out and said no foreign aid to either side until you children grow up and figure out your little squabble
No, it would be much better to say something intelligent.
My comment's as close to intelligent as it gets in these Israel/Palestine threads.
Perhaps it is as close to intelligent as you can get. There is no political entity among the Palestinians that can credibly offer peace to Israel and it is unlikely there will be in the foreseeable future, so talk about reaching a final status agreement (with whom?) is nonsense.
This being the case, the best anyone can reasonably hope for is increased cooperation between Israel and those elements among the Palestinians who want to live in peace with Israel. This kind of cooperation happens everyday in Israel's communities in Judea and Samaria, where tens of thousands of Palestinians go to work and earn from two to six times what they otherwise would. Far from being obstacles to peace as some claim, thee communities are oases of peace in the otherwise violent Arab society. Palestinians not only work in these communities, but they also shop there, and Israelis shop in many of the Arab villages nearby.
These people, Israelis and Palestinians are establishing real peace on the ground through daily mutually beneficial transactions. If a more comprehensive peace is to grow between the Israelis and the Palestinians, it will be through these kinds of mutually beneficial transactions and not because of the ravings of the Palestinians leaders or the EU or UN or Obama administration.