Hey Lisa. Thank you for your kind message. Yes, unfortunately the key points you listed are the main reasons that is keeping the two sides away and allowing harder conditions for both sides to work together. But even tho that is true, that there are some people from both sides that do in fact hate the other side, and believe what there government (or Hamas for the Palestinian side) is doing is right, it is good to know that not everyone thinks like this. Unfortunately, this is not uncommon to find someone that has the beliefs which you listed, but I believe that there is still good people out there, and the people who do hate the other side and believe like you said that violence is the answer, I do not think it is impossible for them to change their perspectives from violence to peace and hatred to love. I know that is easier said than done, but like I said in my article, I believe in people, and think it is never to late for people to come to the righteous path, and I believe if the people who do not condemn violence and hate from both sides work together, they can have a very big impact and change the perspective and tides of this conflict for the betterment of everyone that has and is being caught in the crossfire.

If you would like, I would love to come up with solutions and ways that we can achieve this goal of ours, which is to change how people believe the other side to be evil, and have them be able to feel and grieve for the other side and work with them towards a common goal!