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Israel/Palestine

Little Tich

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8. I'm afraid that a better incentive than that would be needed.

Reply to 6chars (Reply #7)

Wed Aug 31, 2016, 10:21 PM

Aug 2016

It's much easier to let Israel take care of its own mess - which is what will happen. The occupied territories can't be viable economically without the removal of all the settlements, so a takeover would mean an annual loss of billions of $$$, which seems to be a pretty bad deal to me.

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I'm afraid that a better incentive than that would be needed. Little Tich Aug 2016 #8

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To be fair though, Shaktimaan Sep 2016 #12

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