It turns out being the group who sent suicide bombers to restaurants, nightclubs, and busses, and who call for genocide of the jews regularly, are not a credible partner for peace.
And when israel does work with them, people say "See, bibi was supporting hamas!"
So has Israel
> Honored their side of many cease-fire agreements.
So has Israel
> The status quo (before Oct 7) was pretty great for Israel and terrible for the Palestinians.
The status quo was partially the result of Israel being repeatedly attacked.
> Palestinians will gladly take any serious peace deal, even if that deal strongly favors Israeli interests, because the status quo is unbearable.
I think that if this was the case, October 7th would not have happened, Hamas would have surrendered, and the hostages would have been returned.
Having said this, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is highly complex.