Can Israelis and Palestinians Live in Peace?

It’s the question that never dies. The wars change, the names change, the headlines shift, but this question sits there, rotting in the middle of every conversation.

And yet, after decades of blood, billions in aid, and endless negotiations, no one seems any closer to an answer. Maybe we’ve been asking the wrong question.

Orthodox Jewish man with an Arab Muslim in background of West Bank map (Shutterstock)

The Real Enemy: Indoctrination, Not Israel

Walk into a kindergarten in Gaza and ask a five-year-old what they want to be when they grow up. Many won’t say doctor or pilot. They’ll say martyr. They’ll tell you about killing Jews. And they didn’t make that up on their own.

It’s taught. In schools, on TV, in mosques. They’re handed plastic rifles and dressed up like Hamas militants at school plays while parents clap and smile. That’s not “resistance.” That’s child abuse.

Meanwhile, in Israel, Jewish kids are taught Arabic (and Arab Israelis learn Hebrew). They learn about different cultures. They go to schools with Arabs. Jews and Arabs work together in hospitals, restaurants, high-tech companies. Israeli Arabs vote, protest, start businesses, and serve as judges. There are Arab parliament members in the Knesset, some of whom actively campaign against Israel while sitting in its heart of democracy.

There is no Arab country on Earth where Jews have this kind of freedom. None. And yet Israel, the supposed “apartheid” state, allows Arabs to thrive, while being demonized every day.

No country is perfect, but it's clear that the average Israeli wants peace. We’ve proven it. Gaza was handed over in 2005 in hopes of getting peace. And what did we get? Hamas. Terror tunnels. Thousands of rockets.

The problem isn’t geography. It’s ideology.

Palestinian cubs graduated from a summer camp of the Al-Quds Brigade, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad Movement, in the city of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on June 22, 2023. (Shutterstock)

Peace Begins in the Classroom

You can’t make peace with people who don’t believe you have a right to exist. You can’t negotiate with people who teach their children to hate you before they even learn to read.

And yet that’s what the international community keeps pushing. “Two-state solution,” they chant like it’s a magic spell. As if drawing new lines on a map will fix hearts that have been brainwashed since birth.

Want real peace? Start in the schools. Stop teaching kids that Jews are descendants of pigs and monkeys. Stop rewarding families with money when their sons blow themselves up in cafes. Stop glorifying terrorists by naming streets after them. Stop the sermons calling for genocide. That’s where peace begins, not at a UN conference.

And in case it is not clear, allow me to clarify once and for all that most Palestinians aren’t terrorists. Many are exhausted. They want jobs, homes, normal lives. But they’re trapped, not by Israel, but by the radical corrupt regimes that rule them.

Ask any Palestinian in Gaza if they’re happy with Hamas. You’ll get silence. Or whispered complaints. Why? Because if you speak out, you disappear. Get tortured. Or worse. There is no free speech in Gaza. No protests. No elections. Hamas hasn’t held one since 2006. Think about that. Many Gazans weren’t even born the last time they voted.

The tragedy is that millions of Palestinians are hostages to their own leadership. Held back by radicals who would rather see their own people suffer than see Israel succeed. Every child brainwashed into hating Jews is another generation stolen by hatred.

This is not “their culture.” This is not a “resistance.” This is evil. And it needs to be called out.

What Does the Bible Say?

You don’t have to look far for the answer. Psalm 34:14 says, “Turn from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.”That’s not a call to be naïve. It’s a command to choose goodness over hate. To recognize evil and reject it.

Peace isn’t just the absence of war, it’s the presence of truth. And the truth is: you cannot build a future while worshiping death.

“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God” (Matthew 5:9). That doesn’t mean “the appeasers.” It means the ones brave enough to confront lies, expose hate, and stand for life.

Portrait of smiling senior Palestinian man in the historic center of Hebron (Shutterstock)

So Can They Live in Peace?

Yes.

Peace is not impossible. But it will take guts.

It means demanding that Palestinian leadership stops preaching genocide and starts teaching math.

It means refusing to fund terrorism with foreign aid.

It means calling out the UN, the EU, and every cowardly Western politician who turns a blind eye to radical Islam while bashing the only democracy in the Middle East.

And it means praying, yes, praying, for a new generation of Palestinians raised with hope instead of hate.

Here’s the good news. Every once in a while, you meet someone who breaks the mold. An Arab doctor saving Jewish lives. A Jewish doctor who breastfeeds a Muslim newborn whose mother was injured in a car accident (yes it actually happened).

It’s rare, but it’s real. And it gives us hope.

Because if one child can be taught to love instead of hate, then so can a million.

The road to peace won’t come through empty slogans or political theater. It will come when courage replaces cowardice. When truth replaces propaganda. And when parents, on both sides, choose life.

Yes, Israelis and Palestinians can live in peace. But only when the world stops tolerating radicalism and starts demanding education, truth, and accountability. Until then, peace remains not a dream, but a challenge. One worth fighting for.