Yassser arafat profited immensely by creating violence and avoiding peace. No money to be made for him if peace was achieved.
The stumbling block to a peace deal is the " Right to return" Which Israel will not waiver from. As most of the properties in Israel were stolen properties. It belonged to Arabs but were seized and awarded to immigrant Jews. For free. So nothing can be solved unless some form of compensation are given if properties are not returned.
just as many Jews were expelled from arab countries and had their properties confiscated.
Israel cant allowed arab to return as Muslim birth rate will soon make Jews the minority.
Arab countries are reluctant to adopt the refuges because it in their interests to keep those people poor and stateless. They can then pressure Israel to accept the refugees.
Their predicaments were ironically cause by their arab brothers