I don't think israel is going to kill it's way to peace, the same way america isn't going to end the "global war on terror" through it's massive drone killing campaign. The very act that they say will solve the problem creates more problems than it solves.
I honestly don't think that Israel believes that it can kill its way to victory either. I honestly don't. That you can find Israelis, highly placed and influential, which would claim that they not only can but must kill their way to victory seems inevitable and obvious.
I think they do believe that to get to the understanding that has to exist in order for a lasting peace -- to get there will require killing. I believe that because when you listen to their statesmen that is what the statesmen say. And when you look at the applications of their violence, the general pattern supports the rhetoric. The general pattern.
And I don't think I'm the only one listening. I think Hamas also listens, and has formed a counter-strategy. Its a bizzare strategy in that it is most effective when it is most self-harmful.
I think you see a situation where the Israeli leadership values the life of the Palestinian (the life, not the living conditions, the life itself) more highly than the Palestinian leadership. And that is horrific. That attitude has to change. Hamas has to be given something to lose. Because right now, for now, they have obviously decided that being slaughtered is preferable to living. Which is why some would argue, "Well then lets indulge them".
The point where I very much do agree with you is that I don't understand how anyone hopes to accomplish that through isolation and oppression. I don't think it's a long term plan, and this situation is a long term crisis. If you listen to them speak many of the Israeli leaders say exactly the same. And then some will say fuck it, kill them all, God will know his own. It's not some kind of monolithic conciousness.
They need another moderate swing. But it's not like it is here. That shit is
fucking dangerous. You start preaching trust and your sister gets beheaded. Something like that could make a man feel foolish.