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How (or why) you would negotiate with a group that has sworn to destroy you, that regards you as nothing but vermin. This is not a matter of disagreements, even strong ones; it is a matter of hatred (mostly one-way) that cannot be placated or negotiated with.
History is filled with all sorts of nations -- and private parties -- that hate each other intensely nonetheless reaching agreement because they perceive that doing so is in their self-interest, preferable to trying to annihiliate each other.
Do you think, in retrospect, that it was better for Israel to enter into a peace agreement with Egypt, or would it have been better for them to remain in a state of permanent war with them?
Here's yet another case where polls prove absolutely nothing except the stupidity and sheeple-ness of so many people.
Do you live in Israel?
Obviously, the fact that the most Israelis believe X doesn't make X the right policy. But it should at least preclude X from being deemed the "anti-Israel" view. That's the point.
