"peace cannot be made without strength"
That is not peace, that is complete control.
If I am the neighborhood bully I can keep peace by saying I will beat the living daylights out of anyone that questions me but is that really peace? For me, peace is usually compromise and acceptance, not that.
For why the Palestinians hate us part:
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According to a recent large-scale public opinion survey commissioned by the United Nations Development Programme/Programme of Assistance to the Palestinian people (UNDP/PAPP), 58% of Palestinians in the oPt live below the income poverty line, and more than half of them live in extreme poverty.
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According to the poll, 70% of households in the Gaza Strip live below the poverty line , while 56% of West Bank households and 19% of East Jerusalem households live below the poverty line.
Some 42% of households in the Gaza Strip live in extreme poverty compared to 26% in the West Bank.
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http://domino.un.org/UNISPAL.NSF/2ee...6!OpenDocument