  Violence begets Violence. Something I learned while I was still young. Something that Israel, or the Palestinians have learned.
Terrorism is generally regarded as a dispicable act. Strap a bomb to yourself and take out as many of the "enemy" as possible - often times civilians. But all warfare is horrible. To condemn assymetrical terrorism as a crime against humanity, and yet not "conventional" warfare, seems downright hypocritical. Does not the seemingly random bombing and missleing of Palestinians terrify them? Is it not itself a form of terrorism? To make the people of Palestine - those who are fighting - submit to the wishes of the Israelis?
Isn't that the definition of warfare - make one side submit by force. It would seem that the end's of the would-be terrorists aren't irrrational - they just want their homes. Some of the more radical groups want the destruction of Israel - but that seems to be the fringe groups. Most of the Palestinians want what every person on this planet wants, peace, and a place to live. What's left of the Hamas leader. What was widely unreported was that he was wheelchair bound... This situation can most easily be put upon the British, amoung other nations (however it was the British who occupied the area which is called Palestine and Israel now), that decided to make a homeland for the Jewish people displaced by Hitler and his indescrible act of inhumanity.
The British gave up, and handed it over to the newly formed United Nations to handle. The land was divided and Israel was formed, and it was immediately at war with several Arab countries.
Israel ended up conquering land from Palestine, and Egypt too. Why the United States decides to take sides in the conflict (the Israelis) is unknown to me other than political reason - to have a strong ally in the middle east which doesn't like the US much (and the irony is lost on me, one of the reasons they don't the US is because of our support for Israel). The Palestinians are fighting back in the only way they can. They have no armies, no tanks, no aircraft. The Israelis have American tanks, american weapons, american aircraft. This military support is fueling as what is seen as a largely one sided conflict. The Israelis moving deeper into Palestinian territory, and bulldozing homes; the palestinians fighting back with suicide bombings, and the Israelis retaliating. The palestinians won't stop their bombings until the Israelis pull back, the Israelis won't stop retalliating (by shooting missles into crowds of people to get "terrorist leaders"!?
), or pull out until the palestinians stop bombing. So its a vicious circle of violence, with no end in sight. urlLink US running scared... 
