How Peace Works

Fanatics, who do not value their own lives, make it impossible to reach peace. You may have a genuine cessation of hostilities in Ireland because both the Catholics and the Protestants value their own lives. In Gaza, Israel faces a death cult. Nobody can coexist with neighbors who gleefully want to slaughter the innocent babies of the other side. The IDF operates under the doctrine of "purity of arms", where they are willing to sacrifice their own troops to spare the lives of noncombatants in Gaza who are being used as human shields. No other army in the world would do that. Hamas and Israel will never be able to reach an accord. You can't make peace with those who do not value the sanctity of life. You simply must put them in a place where they no longer have the ability to harm the innocent. Then, harmony will flourish.