Subject: Re: Hamas launches mass attacks on Israel
And before that, there were (I believe they were called) Zionists that launched attacks during the British occupation of Palestine. At that time, the situation was reversed. The Palestinians were enduring Zionist attacks fairly regularly. I'm not sure if the Brits were running the local government, or it was semi-autonomous arrangement. After WWII, Palestine was declared not to exist any longer, and the roles were reversed. Suddenly the Jewish people (now Israelis) were in charge, and not long after began the Palestinian attacks to "take back their home". First the PLO, and then Hamas.

Not meant to be a complete history. Just an outline.

Displacing either peoples will result in violence from the displaced people against the people that are in control. No-win. Israel isn't helping matters by occupying land they aren't entitled to (per international law), and allowing settlers to move into those lands. On the other hand, even if they didn't do that, I don't think much would change. They'd still be attacked from time to time.

When superpowers start drawing lines, trouble seems to ensue. See the British in Afghanistan/Pakistan, India, they had a hand in several hot spots today. I know they were in Palestine before the War. I don't know if they redrew lines then, but the US and Britain (mostly) definitely established borders and renamed a chunk of that land "Israel".