They deserve respect, not contempt. It is with them and for them that peace must be made. Peace cannot happen despite them and against them. Israel demands that Palestinians give up their rights to their own homes and has done its best to prevent their return in the teeth of international law which demands it does so. They have the right to be silent or be blamed for their own fate as Israel continues to deny them their most fundamental human right to go back to their homes.
Homecoming is always the prerequisite for reconciliation.