Let’s look at the actual historical record, because the pattern is undeniable: the root cause of this conflict is the absolute refusal of the regional and local leadership to ever accept a sovereign Jewish state within any borders.
In 1937 and 1947, the Jewish community accepted partition, but the local leaders rejected it and chose war.
Following the Six-Day War in 1967, the Arab League shut down any path to compromise by issuing its 'Three No's': no peace, no recognition, and no negotiations.
Decades later, Israel engaged in direct talks at Madrid in 1991 and made massive concessions under the 1993 Oslo Accords to establish the Palestinian Authority, only for the process to be dismantled by waves of suicide bombings.
At Camp David in 2000 and the Taba Summit in 2001, Israel offered an independent state encompassing Gaza and over 90% of the West Bank, but their leadership walked away to launch the Second Intifada.
When the Arab League proposed a plan in 2002, they conditioned it on non-negotiable terms regarding refugees and borders that compromised Israeli security, while Palestinian factions rejected the deal entirely regardless.
In 2003, Israel accepted the international Roadmap for Peace, but the process stalled permanently because the local government failed to fulfill its basic obligation to dismantle terrorist infrastructure.
In 2005, in a one-sided prayer for peace, Israel completely dismantled every single settlement in Gaza, dragged out its own citizens by force, withdrew every soldier, and handed the entire territory over to Palestinian custody.
In 2008, Israel proposed its most sweeping offer yet, including near-total territorial withdrawal and international administration of holy sites, which Mahmoud Abbas flatly refused to sign without any counteroffer.
You cannot blame Israel for a lack of effort when it has repeatedly offered statehood and land for peace. While the West labels Hamas as an extremist group, the reality on the ground is that they are viewed by a vast number of Palestinians as a mainstream governance structure and a legitimate movement of armed resistance against occupation. The true obstacle to peace remains this foundational objective, which Hamas champions and the local political culture reinforces, to establish an Islamic state over the entirety of the land and eliminate Israel entirely. If at any point there is a Palestinian majority and a leadership that genuinely seeks peace, it will happen in a second, despite whatever imperfections Israel may have.