The short answer is: One does not have to be. There are countless other causes in this world which deserve our attention. Becoming active elsewhere satisfies moral obligations just as much. Everyone cannot solve all the problems but we all can work on something.

The long answer is that U.S. citizens bear particular responsibility for the oppression of millions of Palestinians. At the same time the solution to the problem is apparent to everyone intimately familiar with it. The U.S. has a moral imperative to reverse course of its current policies as it functions as an enabler of Israel's dysfunctional ideological landscape. The U.S. has all the means at its disposal to establish an equitable arrangement and it is up to U.S. citizens to force the hand of the administration to do so.

So what is this solution to the Israel/Palestine problem? If it is so simple, why has it not transpired and why the endless peace talks and road maps and accords with literally no results? Why is it that the upcoming peace summit is generally perceived with much skepticism?

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