Comment by cogman10
2 years ago
> But if your state attacks another state and loses
What state attacked what state?
Gaza is not a state, Hamas is not a state government, it's a terrorist organization.
But also, what of the West bank, which has been at peace with Israel for decades. Why don't the Arabs living there have rights? Why are they without state? Because of the actions of terrorists in gaza? Should you share a punishment because you share an ethnicity?
> What state attacked what state?
Wannabe Palestinian state in 1948. Alliance of Arabic states in 1967. That's irrelevant detail IMO.
> Hamas is not a state government, it's a terrorist organization.
Tell that WHO that sees Hamas Ministry of Health as reliable source of information. Or current leadership of the West Bank that sees Hamas as legitimate partners moving on.
> Why are they without state?
Because they themselves don't see themselves separate from Gaza population. Never in the history did the leadership of West Bank go to Israel and say "we recognize you as a state, and want to make peace with you. Oh, and don't worry about Gaza, they don't have anything in common with us apart from ethnicity". Without recognition it's not a peace, it's a forced ceasefire.