The Israeli-Palestinian conflict won't end

[pecksniff]

until the Palestinians have an independent state -- really independent, with its own army, and no Israeli settlements, and encompassing all the territory between the Green Line and the Jordan -- including all the territory between the Green Line and the Wall.

 

[Dribble]

Well...the Israelis are now assassinating newpaper reporters that talk about Palestinian issues. And does any Israeli say publically that is unacceptable? Nope. Silence. Just like the Republicans

 

[PaxNurgle]

Here is the sad thing. Suppose the Israeli government gave the Palestinians their own state, and let them govern themselves.

One of the first things the Palestinian government would NOT do would be to build their infrastructure, or develop an agricultural or industrial base.

Instead, the first thing that the newly formed autonomous Palestinian government WOULD do is...
...launch an attack at Israel.

This is the sad fact about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. On both sides, there are enough people who believe that neither state can exist as long as the other exists, so that a peaceful coexistence would seem impossible. The Arabs want to eliminate Israel altogether, while the Israelis want to absorb the Palestinians under their own rule, but with no guarantees of civil rights or religious freedoms to the Arab population.

At one point the Israeli government did try to grant the Palestinian occupied territories some autonomy but what happened was exactly as described above.

It seems like the only clear solution would be a unified Arab-Israeli state where NEITHER Israel or Palestine exists, but instead a single state with a secular government and constitution guaranteeing equal civil rights, administered and overseen by a foreign power. Which is exactly what existed there prior to 1948. And which (for a number of reasons) is unlikely to work in the modern era.

 

[pecksniff]

Here is the sad thing. Suppose the Israeli government gave the Palestinians their own state, and let them govern themselves.

One of the first things the Palestinian government would NOT do would be to build their infrastructure, or develop an agricultural or industrial base.

Instead, the first thing that the newly formed autonomous Palestinian government WOULD do is...
...launch an attack at Israel.

I don't believe that for a moment. Think about it from their POV. They've finally got their chance to build their own infrastructure, etc., and they're going to waste it on a war they can't win, and in which no other Arab state is likely to intervene this time?

It seems like the only clear solution would be a unified Arab-Israeli state where NEITHER Israel or Palestine exists, but instead a single state with a secular government and constitution guaranteeing equal civil rights, administered and overseen by a foreign power. Which is exactly what existed there prior to 1948. And which (for a number of reasons) is unlikely to work in the modern era.

I'd support a one-state solution too.

 

[Dribble]

Here is the sad thing. Suppose the Israeli government gave the Palestinians their own state, and let them govern themselves.

One of the first things the Palestinian government would NOT do would be to build their infrastructure, or develop an agricultural or industrial base.

Instead, the first thing that the newly formed autonomous Palestinian government WOULD do is...
...launch an attack at Israel.

This is the sad fact about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. On both sides, there are enough people who believe that neither state can exist as long as the other exists, so that a peaceful coexistence would seem impossible. The Arabs want to eliminate Israel altogether, while the Israelis want to absorb the Palestinians under their own rule, but with no guarantees of civil rights or religious freedoms to the Arab population.

At one point the Israeli government did try to grant the Palestinian occupied territories some autonomy but what happened was exactly as described above.

It seems like the only clear solution would be a unified Arab-Israeli state where NEITHER Israel or Palestine exists, but instead a single state with a secular government and constitution guaranteeing equal civil rights, administered and overseen by a foreign power. Which is exactly what existed there prior to 1948. And which (for a number of reasons) is unlikely to work in the modern era.

I don't know. The press...the news we get is very biased. Back then...our Govt fed a story and we believed it. Same as with Vietnam...or Afghanistan...I would like to know the truth...is what we were told the truth?

 

[Seadog777]

As someone who's actually fucking been there, there will NEVER be peace between Israel and Palestine.

There is nothing but pure hatred passed down from generation to generation.

I saw children on BOTH sides, that wanted to kill each other, before they could even functionally read a child's book.

 

[Dribble]

As someone who's actually fucking been there, there will NEVER be peace between Israel and Palestine.

There is nothing but pure hatred passed down from generation to generation.

I saw children on BOTH sides, that wanted to kill each other, before they could even functionally read a child's book.

That's what they said about Northern Ireland too

 

[Seadog777]

That's what they said about Northern Ireland too

And it's true.

The media here doesn't cover it here much at all, but, the IRA will never die there.

If anybody thinks it's a dead movement, they're either naive or stupid.

 

[Dribble]

And it's true.

The media here doesn't cover it here much at all, but, the IRA will never die there.

If anybody thinks it's a dead movement, they're either naive or stupid.

When was the last bombing?

The IRA has gone straight. Try to move into this century

 

[Seadog777]

When was the last bombing?

The IRA has gone straight. Try to move into this century

FFS, brush up on your history there scooter.

The IRA used more than "bombings" throughout their history.

Now they're using hackers to mess with infrastructure, banking, etc.

 

[ishtat]

I sympathise with the plight of ordinary Palestinians and deplore some of the excesses of the IDF, the police, and the Palestinian leadership . But the Palestinians will never get anything, anything at all, until the Arab and Moslem world recognizes Israel's right to exist. That will not happen, substantially because Palestinian leadership (such as it is) is utterly and totally corrupt. They make millions for themselves, their families, and close allies, and couldn't care less about ordinary Palestinians.

Meanwhile other nations like Saudi Arabia and Iran have no real interest in Palestine and just regard it as a convenient stick to beat the Israelis and US with. The current situation is probably as good as it will be for the foreseeable future.

 

[Dribble]

FFS, brush up on your history there scooter.

The IRA used more than "bombings" throughout their history.

Now they're using hackers to mess with infrastructure, banking, etc.

ANSWER the question. When did the last bombing occur. I am sure you can cite the hacks too

 

[Sh1ne0n67]

The Palestinians have been offered an independent state.

They rejected it.
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Democrat born. Democrat bred. Libertarian led (by Democrats).

 

[Dribble]

The Palestinians have been offered an independent state.

They rejected it.
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Democrat born. Democrat bred. Libertarian led (by Democrats).

Is this like Israel saying they will stop building in the West Bank and not?

 

[Sh1ne0n67]

Don't know, don't care.

Even the other Arab States no longer give a fuck about the Arafat kids...
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Democrat born. Democrat bred. Libertarian led (by Democrats).

 

[Chobham]

Don't know, don't care.

Even the other Arab States no longer give a fuck about the Arafat kids...
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Democrat born. Democrat bred. Libertarian led (by Democrats).

There it is! Like Neil Young, "no one wants them around any how."

 

[Sh1ne0n67]

Indeed. The other Arab States have been making peace with Israel.

They no longer support the Palestinian cause; they are bad for business.

An Arab Skynyrd man says, we don't need you around anyhow...
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Democrat born. Democrat bred. Libertarian led (by Democrats).

 

[ll74]

Jared solved middle east peace. Fake news.

 

[RobDownSouth]

FFS, brush up on your history there scooter.

The IRA used more than "bombings" throughout their history.

Now they're using hackers to mess with infrastructure, banking, etc.

How many innocent civilians have died in random IRA hacking attempts?
Much less than random IRA bombing attempts, I'd think.
Pretty weaksauce false equivalency there, tater tot.

 

[oggbashan]

ANSWER the question. When did the last bombing occur. I am sure you can cite the hacks too

Today:

https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/...ttack-condemned-as-cold-blooded-41687595.html



This year. and last, and the year before that:

https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/...prove-terrorism-hasnt-gone-away-34672253.html



But of course, it isn't 'The IRA' it is 'the continuing IRA' or whatever name they've thought of last week.

The UVF still exists too and has threatened to destroy EU border control posts if the Irish Protocol isn't scrapped.

 

[astuffedshirt_perv]

Here is the sad thing. Suppose the Israeli government gave the Palestinians their own state, and let them govern themselves.
<snip> the first thing that the newly formed autonomous Palestinian government WOULD do is...
...launch an attack at Israel.

This is correct. While the 'official' government might not do it, Palestinian terrorists would, and Palestine is choke full of them. This would give Israel casus belli to invade the new Palestinian state and wipe those scum off the face of the earth for good. Fuck the Palestinians.

 

[pecksniff]

Today:

https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/...ttack-condemned-as-cold-blooded-41687595.html



This year. and last, and the year before that:

https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/...prove-terrorism-hasnt-gone-away-34672253.html



But of course, it isn't 'The IRA' it is 'the continuing IRA' or whatever name they've thought of last week.

The UVF still exists too and has threatened to destroy EU border control posts if the Irish Protocol isn't scrapped.

It is beginning to look as if the Northern Ireland question might be resolved by reunification with Ireland.

 

[oggbashan]

It is beginning to look as if the Northern Ireland question might be resolved by reunification with Ireland.

But that would mean the UVF who are still heavily armed, attacking the unified government throughout Ireland. The Good Friday agreement is very fragile. Any serious move towards a United Ireland could be very bloody, as the Continuing IRA demonstrate daily.

The fact that the UVF has not responded in kind is because their leaders accept control is better. But if Ireland were united, the UVF commanders could not hold back the anger of their 'soldiers'.

The hatred runs deep and the Continuing IRA are determined to keep it alive.

 

[JohnEngelman]

This is how the Israeli Palestinian conflict will end:



The Israelis will eventually push the Palestinians out, and annex the land they conquered in the 1967 Six Day War. The Palestinians are nothing without the support of other Arabs. All Israel needs to do is to convince the Arab countries that it is in their interest to have good relations with Israel, and to ignore the Palestinians.

 

[Dribble]

It is beginning to look as if the Northern Ireland question might be resolved by reunification with Ireland.

Who would have guessed? Such a simple solution...yet so effective

Israel wouldn't exist without the US. Stop arming other countries...or arm both equally. Problem solved