Comment by harimau777
3 days ago
They could form a bi-ethnic country that incorporates both Jews and Palestinians with full rights. Or they could allow the Palestinians to have a state while retaining a Jewish state.
There's no reason why giving Palestinians rights and self determination would necessitate Jews to leave or even to abolish their country.
> Or they could allow the Palestinians to have a state while retaining a Jewish state.
The Palestinians won't take it because it would mean Zionism survives and they lose (sorry , that's how Palestinians and their supporters see it currently and for the last century). Bi ethnic country would work worse than it does in Lebanon (where it doesn't work at all) - it would be anarchy followed by bloodshed (of defenseless Jews) and another big wave of Jewish immigrants to countries that don't and never have particularly liked them.
I don't think it's quite that simple. Palestinian support for a two state solution has varied over time (e.g. see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-state_solution#Public_opin... and the associated citations). I don't see any reason why it couldn't work under the right circumstances (e.g. Jerusalem as an international zone, compensation in place of Palestinian Right of Return, guarantees that Palestine would be protected, etc.).
What do you mean by "defenseless Jews"? Gun ownership is quite high in Israel and most of the population has military experience. I'd be much more concerned about it going the other way if anything.
I mean, this is the exact same logic people used as for why black slaves could not be freed (they'd take revenge on their former masters) or why apartheid South Africa couldn't end (they'd take revenge on their former superiors).
It may even be true, but it's morally not enough to continue to excuse ethnic hierarchy
I don't think its the exact same logic at all. Whites in America did not get massacred or lose any significant part of their culture and identity by abolishing slavery. I'm not for ethnic hierarchy, I'm for a 2 state solution.
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