Palestinians understandably dream of return, but focusing on the right of return is standing in the way of other, more vital rights.
Young Palestinian activists are drawing inspiration from the civil rights movement, but are reluctant to redefine their struggle along similar line.
Palestinians must accept Israeli rule but granting them equality would create the "tools for Israel's destruction", says Hebron settler spokesman.
With the Palestinian bid to join the UN likely to get them nowhere, there is a more civil way out of the impasse that will give both Israelis and Palestinians what they want.
Although designed to instil loyalty to the regime, Egyptian schools have been breeding grounds for rebellion and revolt.
Rather than grant them statehood, Palestinian plans to go to the UN could backfire. Instead, come September, the Palestinians should formally hand over control of the Occupied Territories to Israel and demand full citizenship.