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Originally Posted by ArabJew  i strongly oppose a two state solution - it will solve nothing and only serve to create one or more non-viable states. this calculation includes variations of 'safe passage' between the strip and the bank. a palestinian state in the west bank and gaza even if linked is not a viable solution to the refugee problem. it simply cannot hold them, even under the ludicrous assumption that the world will invest scores of billions of dollars and monitor that they do get invested properly.
to see why this will never work, consider this: what form will palestine take? what will be its ideology, that bonds it together? how will that ideology contain peace agreement with opposition to israel, either nationalistic or islamic?
what form will israel take? what will be its ideology, that bonds it together? how will that ideology contain peace agreement with opposition to israel, either nationalistic or islamic?
(on our behalf, i can guarantee that at most 3% of israelis harbor expansionist dreams, btw, the entire left-right axis here revolves around palestinian territories. please cut that 'nile to furat' bs out of this discussion)
try to play this script with various possible ideologies - islamist, secular nationalistic, pan-arabist, pan-syrianist, confessionalist and westernist. post your results here, i'm interested in others going through that mental exercise. |
If you oppose the two state solution, what are you supporting then ? A non-jewish and secular state where all citizens are equal and have the same rights and duties ? A state where an Arab Jew or an Arab Muslim or an Arab Christian can be President or Prime Minister ? If it is what you're supporting, good then. Because this is what I think the best solution (two state solution seems to me not really a viable solution).
If not, I don't understand how you're supporting a peace settlement.
PS : Don't bother with the various possible ideologies because it's just speculating for the sake of speculating. Replace the current jewish state with a secular state. Implement a good and fair socio-economic policy. You'll see then that with peace, we'll be able to build something like the E.U. in the middle-east.