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Israel/Palestine

aranthus

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13. Of course there are ways to solve it.

Reply to Little Tich (Reply #12)

Mon Oct 3, 2016, 08:52 PM

Oct 2016

First there is the two state solution, which is not dead despite what you have said.

Second, Israel could annex the West Bank, grant citizenship to the Palestinians living on it, and still be a Jewish state. Let Egypt take Gaza.

Third, Israel could annex the West Bank, make all the Palestinians legal residents, and let Egypt have Gaza.

Fourth, Israel could annex the West Bank, Jordan grants the Palestinians living there Jordanian citizenship, and Egypt gets Gaza. Okay, Jordan is not likely to go for it, but it's still possible.

those are just the first four off the top of my head. I understand how the Left looks to every challenge as a reason to get rid of the Jewish state, but that isn't going to happen.

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Mondoweiss: A lot of the grief over Shimon Peres is grief over the end of the two-state solution [View all] Little Tich Sep 2016 OP

after reading about the sunni shia and other issues in the middle east JI7 Sep 2016 #1

Mondoweiss, the hub of the BDS movement, shits on Peres in 3 other articles... shira Sep 2016 #2

Now that you've attacked the messenger, why don't you try attacking the message? Little Tich Sep 2016 #3

"Leftist mantra"? The extreme Left opposes a 2 state solution. shira Oct 2016 #4

Please read the OP again... Little Tich Oct 2016 #5

The arguments all ignore a fundamental truth. aranthus Oct 2016 #6

Demise of which 2 state solution? The one b/w a Jewish state & a Palestinian one? shira Oct 2016 #7

Hope for peace died long before Peres aranthus Oct 2016 #8

Question for you, Tich. Since the Palestinian Leadership doesn't want peace... shira Oct 2016 #9

It doesn't matter what the Palestinians want - the one-state solution will happen either way... Little Tich Oct 2016 #10

Nice cop-out. They didn't want peace in Rabin's day either, so what was the excuse then? shira Oct 2016 #11

Who cares? Little Tich Oct 2016 #12

Of course there are ways to solve it. aranthus Oct 2016 #13

None of those options seem plausible to me. Little Tich Oct 2016 #14

They are all plausible. aranthus Oct 2016 #15

So, basically a bi-national state without civil rights for Palestinians then... Little Tich Oct 2016 #16

Now you're falling back on Leftist dogma and propaganda. aranthus Oct 2016 #17

So, the Palestinians in Gaza, the West Bank and Jerusalem get Israeli citizenship. Little Tich Oct 2016 #18

Is this based on that list of discriminatory laws that you ahve already been shown is a lie? aranthus Oct 2016 #19

Partially based on that list, yes. Little Tich Oct 2016 #20

There are several scenarios. aranthus Oct 2016 #21

any solution to the I/P conflict where neither side gets shafted is fine with me. n/t Little Tich Oct 2016 #22

Tich's only evidence that Israel is Jim Crow is Adalah's list of lies... shira Oct 2016 #23