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Difficult where to start, let's just say that this is yet another conflict where it pays off to actually know the history before coming up with emotional and often misinformed conclusions.
For starters, how many do know that Hamas (an organization of the Muslim Brotherhood) has the destruction of the state of Israel in their charter, officially?
In order to understand the underlying context, one may need to know that, according to the doctrine of of Islam, once a territory was conquered by Islam, it is forever regarded as rightfully belonging to Islam. Since Jerusalem was at one point conquered in offensive Jihad by the second rightly guided Caliph Umar (the original Al Aqsa Mosque originated in this era and was built as a memorial of conquest), it is still claimed by Islam. Same as the whole state of Israel - called "Harbiyah" in Palestine, "Harb" meaning "war" in Arabic. This sentiment is very much alive.
As long as you put things into perspective, including I guess about 82 pct. of votes in the last elections held in in 2006 going to two parties utilizing violent Jihad against the state of Israel (Hamas, Fatah), and historically declining any sort of deal that there ever was offered (not to mention that any Palestine politician signing a deal with Israel, no matter how benefitial, would likely be assassinated on the spot). There really appears to be no other long term goal in this conflict. Apart from Palestinian Authority being a constant black hole for donations worldwide (the amount of money / transfers invested into the PA is quite staggering).
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