yirmeyahu,
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Hence, I'll reiterate. The Israeli occupation is brutal, and it is illegal. While acts of terrorism are unjustifiable, criminal and immoral, they do have a cause, and in this case, people commit acts of terrorism out of hopelessness in response to grave injustices and oppression.
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that does not explain the whole picture. while some people commit acts of terrorism out of hopelessness, other people commit acts of terrorism in sacrifice of some higher goal- no hopelessness needed (japanese kamikazes, osama bin ladin, and quite a few palestinian terrorists come to mind).
the problem with a good deal of the palestinians is that while their grievances against a brutal occupation (something that even israel has admitted) is legitimate, their response to it is not. by this i do not just mean terrorism. they do not want to live side-by-side with the israelis, they seek nothing less than the destruction of israel.
as a result, israel, as any other state would, is forced to raise the palestinians' level of threat, and act accordingly (read: even more harshly). if the only TRUE GOAL of the palestinians were to free themselves from the occupation and form a palestinian state, rest assured that they would have had one far, far earlier, and in all probability a state larger than the one that is on the tables today, if only they had practiced massive and principled non-violent methods under the supervision of decent leaders.