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^WhiteSouned
and again, give me some latitude. If I come across as vague, it is only to protect myself.
1. If the issue relates to population density I would refer back to my earliest posts in this thread where I said Israel needs to focus more on making babies then making war. I know this may come across as a bad joke but there is a lot of truth in the statement. Alternatively, I think the Israeli government needs to expand its reading material in order to successfully devise a way to integrate their minorities into society. Would it be fair to say that little has been done in this regard? I am not talking exclusively about Palestinians here.
Why forcing two nations to live together ? The Palestinians don’t want it. They say they do, just for political and PR gain. How many Arab/islamic countries are democracies ? None. No thank you I’ll pass.
About the second part about minorities, i honestly don’t know enough about it to answer. I do think we need to do more for Arab minorities and the Orthodox Jews.
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2. I watched several videos about "free to leave", probably not a good idea to post them. MY view is that a degree of effort is being made by the Israeli government to enable annexation of lands without the baggage.
I’m sure there is a public who would like to do that. It works both ways you know. From one hand we are saying that we creates the next Hamas, in the other there are Israeli extremists.. luckily for me, I’m with the stronger side.
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3. If history is anything to go by (and I go by history) one cannot expect a change in Palestinian society when they have been bombed for years. Intensive campaigns such as the one we are witnessing in gaza leads to extreme figures emerging. The most plausible outcome is Hamas 2.0. In terms of getting over it, in the first instance this would entail Israel defining its borders once and for all, and not extending its borders under any circumstances.
What ? Where did you got this conclusion from ?
Japan, Mexico , Jews after WW2… honestly I don’t know of a country which its borders are not forged by war. And to war, there is a winner and a loser. Not a “cease fire” which is a wester interpretation.
That’s why I wrote that the Palestinians need their own Theodor Herzl.
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4. Hamas are Palestinians but not all Palestinians are Hamas. I dont disagree with the rest of this but in a climate of oppression and indoctrination, and culture to a degree, the likes of Theodor Herzl are unlikely to come from Gaza or the West Bank.
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That’s simply historically not true.
As you said, keep doing the same won’t grant you different result. While I’m perfectly fine with my current situation it seems that they don’t. They need to get over this Palestinianism approach.