How does Israel Get way with this

They are happening in occupied Palestine, not israel, don't let the truth get in the way of your posting though

And, as I've said, the Palestinians under occupation have no voice in Israeli politics, or even civil law. Thus no Hume like figure could emerge. If anyone needs a 'peace figure' it's Israel.

“After initially blaming Palestinian gunmen, the military said Thursday it was examining the possibility one of its soldiers was responsible.” (Washington Post)

I used to believe what you do. That the Palestinians had lost past military conflicts, are losing a military conflict and would continue to lose future military conflicts. Therefore the only viable solution for the Palestinians was a negotiated settlement with the Israelis. I was functionally pro-Israeli because I viewed the Palestinians as irrationally pursuing violence against their own interests. However, there is an issue with the comparison between Hume, Northern Ireland and the British and the Israeli-Palestinian "conflict". The British - largely the English - viewed Northern Ireland as being an Imperial holdover not much different to possessions in Africa or Asia. It was part of the past, not the future. They were willing to bargain it away for peace.

The Israelis view Palestinian people as a temporary obstacle to the ongoing expansion of the Israeli state. Something to be solved, not bargained with. In the greater Israel they dream of, the Palestinians have no future. Year by year, cut by cut, atrocity by atrocity the aim of the Israelis is to slowly strangle the Palestinian people and take over their lands. Perhaps some powerless remnant will be allowed to exist penned in on reservations, but that is it.

The Palestinians simply cannot negotiate with that. However hopeless a military struggle might seem it at least offers the chance of survival.

What we in "the west" need to do is place Israel under total economic, diplomatic and cultural blockade. If we don't, then we are implicitly supporting the Israelis.

Israel now to investigate itself for how badly it handled the funeral

the palestinians must do whatever they can to stop ethnic cleansing, if that is violence then that is what needs to happen.

the apartheid state in northern ireland was overthrown thanks to the PIRA, so there is no real comparison between both conflicts as britain has agreed to accept reunification of ireland via a democratic mandate, whereas israel wants as much land as it can get hold of.

the strategic reasons for britain stealing northern ireland in the first place and allowing the creation of one of the most apartheid states in the world at it's peak more or less died a few decades ago with the death of industries.

That definition could apply to anyone.

Because peaceful protest alone won't achieve anything for Palestine. And I suppose that the Palestinians (some of them anyway) reckon that violent action will, at least, hurt Israel in the way that Israel hurts them.

Israel would love the Palestinians to just engage in peaceful protest, because they'll simply ignore it and continue to expand into their lands until eventually the Palestinians are completely eliminated from the area. As Sand has said above, the Palestinians have "no future" in Israel's eventual plans and Israel isn't interested in any real kind of compromise. This will continue to be the case as long as they enjoy sugar daddy America vetoing every UN resolution that's drawn up against Israel's illegal activities.

So while it's fair to say that Palestine are in a losing war at present, they don't really have any other options open to them at the moment and they won't until the international community act to try and bring about a two state solution in a firm and meaningful way.

it's quite clear the IDF shot her and deliberately so, there was no mistake here.

It's not clear at all. The Israelis made the offer of a joint investigation to the Palestinian Authority but it declined the offer.

There was no demand for a Palestinian state when Jordan ruled the West Bank, which Israel occupied in 1967 after Jordan and other Arab nations attacked it. Therefore, it's not the same as apartheid-era South Africa.