Not sure why this is on HN, but I will say that having been to Israel I did observe a pervasive contempt for Palestinians, to that point that some openly talked

Not sure why this is on HN, but I will say that having been to Israel I did observe a pervasive contempt for Palestinians, to that point that some openly talked of them as being less than human. I'm sure there's plenty of hatred going the other way as well. I would speculate that both governing entities find it useful to create a culture where people feel entitled to revel in this hatred. It makes me depressed for the chances of peace. How on earth can you get people out of their entrenched positions when neither side appears to be trustworthy?