They don’t want independence, they want every inch of the land and have state so from the being. That land has been under foreign occupation for 2000 years.
What Country in the Middle East has equal civil and social rights for ethnic and religious minorities, for women, for gays, it is even illegal to change your religious philosophy unless it is to Islam.
Check points are because of all the terrorist activity over the years. Don’t try to deny it or you will not be telling the truth. Remember there has not been a Jew or an Israeli settlement in Gaza since 2005 and it appeased no one.
