Continued closures and checkpoints by Israeli authorities economically strangle the Palestinians, pressuring them into leaving. The Israelis use the threat of another mass expulsion to coerce the Palestinians into accepting the starkly unequal terms of the Oslo Accords. Better to be subservient but keep a stake in your home, goes the reasoning of some Palestinians. What is needed is to get rid of the myths. What is needed is a Truth and Reconciliation Commission similar to the one in South Africa.
Real peace can come only through facing the past.