Background on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Is there no way to resolve this perennial conflict? Are both sides morally equivalent? The United States seems to support Israel but does it really and why should it? For those interested, I recommend this older but clearly still relevant lecture by Yaron Brook, “The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: What is the solution?”  Dr. Brook’s talk is from 2002 but sadly, little seems to have changed over the last 10 years. (For a more recent take on the Obama administration’s approach to this age-old conflict, please see this talk by Dr. Brook on “Washington v. Jerusalem”.)