“Here’s how to end this once and for all: For the Palestinians, you confine them into two separate territories under duress, and for the Israelis, you give them an unlimited supply of weapons and funds. A positive outcome for both sides should come in a matter of days.”
The point of the article is not that people want peace, but that people are so out of touch with the problem, and the American role in creating the problem, that they think a ceasefire is a simple and long term solution.
Well one data point I did see was that 15% of Americans think a ceasefire will last.