Is Israel or Palestine in the right?

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

I see this thread is going about as well as can be expected.

I agree with Dule, of course. Before the second or third round of elections I would have said Israel, barely, but since its main moral advantage over Palestine was being a more functional democracy, I've reluctantly stepped back from that assessment.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

The idea that Israel would respect Palestine 'if only it were a democracy' I think is wishful thinking.

That isn't what I was implying, although I have seen this take elsewhere.