11-day (so far) war in Gaza

It's a good thing I took The Modern Middle East last semester, as I now sort of understand the history of the Arab-Israeli Conflict. I wish I still had the course, though, because I'd love to hear some discussion on the latest war. One thing about this long-running conflict is that both sides have legitimacy. I'm sure other people have said this, but I will say it anyway. The Palestinians had occupied that land for a very long time and were forcibly displaced because of arbitrary lines drawn by European powers. The Israelis, on the other hand, had "fairly" won the territory with their superior military power. The trophy, of course, is LAND. Both countries can't get what they want, and so we have partition. Lines drawn to divide an already teensy lot of land. Neither country is satisfied, and neither will be, until they get a satisfactory settlement. But the thing is, they want the same thing, and from different ideological positions. So you have the underdogs, the embittered Palestinians under the Islamist Hamas who lash out saying the Arab world has deserted them. And you have God's people and America's pet, the Israelis, who will certainly not lose the war although they may not "win". The war will probably be short, as the others have been, but the "peace" that follows it will probably be artificial unless an amazing settlement is reached. What kind of settlement? I couldn't say.