Reply #26: The concept is not at all difficult to grasp.

[bemildred]

Your statement doesn't seem related to the paragraph of mine
that you quoted, to me anyway, and I wrote it; so I'm not sure
why you quoted it. I was pointing out that the notion of Israel
being "pushed into the sea" is not particularly realistic.

With regard to your statement: the problem is not that it is
hard to grasp, but that it hinges on what "SERIOUS" means. How
do you tell if an effort is SERIOUS or not? The only criteria
I can see is that it was a successful effort. So it's a circular
definition, not particularly helpful. One could as easily and
as reasonably argue that Israel manages to make peace with
neighboring states when it make a SERIOUS effort.