History of Gaza

I did a Google search on "History of Gaza."  I clicked on Wikipedia.  The first two sentences were:  "The known history of Gaza spans 4,000 years. Gaza was ruled, destroyed and repopulated by various dynasties, empires, and peoples."

I read further.  There was a lot to read.  That part of the world has had nothing but strife, hate, killings, and wars for 4,000 years.  In my lifetime I can not recall any periods of extended peace for those people.   They all hate one another.  The Sunnis hate the Shiites.  The Shiites hate the Sunnis.  They both hate the Jews.  So how is there ever to be peace?

In the 1960's I worked for an American oil company in the upper area of the Persian Gulf on the Shaat-al-Arab River, the old Euphrates River in Biblical times.  Iran and Iraq both claimed same parts of the river.  They constantly shot at one another across the river for the smallest of incursions or reasons.  They later fought a 10-year war with each other killing thousands.

So, what makes our leaders think they can broker a lasting peace in that part of the world?  All they can do is try to minimize the strife so it has minimum impact on us. Trying to reason with those people is like trying to reason with a rock.  They love their hate and are willing to die for it.