The problem with this conflict is not logical, it's emotional. You can not solve it by reason - many smart people tried in the past and everybody failed. The amount of negative emotions boiling for decades prevents any possible chance for peace. Even if there is a kind of truce, you can be 100% sure that someone will break it sooner or later and the amount of bad blood will grow exponentially.

Can it be considered a war when one side has all the weapons and control?

Horrible article with fundamentally flawed premises. History didn't start in 2023.