>>>>>The key issue that everyone seems to forget is that it's Israel who keeps territories under occupation for almost 40 years. Giving up those territories would be a great step towards peace, wouldn't it? Then offering a significant refund would naturally come next.
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>>>>Beg to differ. There was a war fought. Gamal Abdel Nsser of Egypt was bent in destroying Israel. He got other countries (mainly Syria) to join in. They lost in 6 days in 1967. They lost the territories.
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>>>Exactly. Israel took territories.
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>>When you are as very small country surrounded by enemies, and when they attack you and you win the war you expand your borders to create a security buffer zone.
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>There's no buffer zone. The border is not surrounded by empty space, there's a country on each side.
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>Or did you mean "and you leave this buffer zone unused except for the military on its outer edges"?
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>>Then you trade this for peace. It worked with Egypt. Do the rest want peace?
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>So I attack you, take a piece of your house, and then I offer you that piece back on the condition that you promise not to attack me?

Should be...I attack you and you take a piece of my house. You then offer that piece back to me on the condition that I promise not to attack you again.