Peace Talks vs the War on Terror

It is hard to hold peace talks when one party, namely Israel, has no interest in even discussing the vital components of peace. Since Israel illegally occupies Palestinian land, illegally colonizes that land, and clearly plans to illegally annex that land, it is inconvenient for Israel to jeopardize the status quo with a peace plan. The Arab League Peace Plan offers Israel comprehensive peace and normalized relations with all Arab states in return for an end to the occupation and a just solution for the refugees. Israel is delighted to normalize relations by sitting at the table for meaningless peace talks with the Arab states, but of course Israel refuses to give up the occupied land. As usual, Israel hopes to get something for nothing. The Israel Lobby, dominated by those who favor Israeli expansionism, also has no interest in peace talks and instead is happy to bankrupt America by dragging us into war after war to fight those who oppose Israeli expansionism. Those who fight against Israeli expansionism are conveniently and simplistically labeled "terrorists." Thus, instead of meaningful peace talks, we have the never-ending so-called "war on terror."