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In reply to the discussion: Palestinians: Settlement Expansion Means 1 State [View all]Ken Burch
(50,254 posts)That poster wasn't calling for a Judenrein Palestine, nor were they necessarily advocating that any and all protections for Jewish culture and religion be removed in a single state. So it's not as simple as saying they wanted Israel "gone". That's why I didn't get into a confrontation with that other poster.
Besides, there have been several suggestions in this group recently that the PA be dissolved. Since that dissolution would leave Palestinians with nothing at all and no hope at all, isn't it JUST as offensive as calling for Israel's dissolution?
I don't think a one-state solution is workable at this point(perhaps not ever). But what you don't seem to be seeing is that Netanyahu and his party of death are doing is sabotaging the two-state solution.
A two-state solution depends, among other things, on whatever Palestinian leadership signs onto it being able to make the argument that they didn't "lose". Netanyahu, on the other hand, seems obsessed with being able to declare "victory", on imposing terms that would humiliate ANY Palestinian leader that agreed to them and possibly cause that leader's overthrow, which would THEN just start the whole damn war all over again. This is why things like this settlement expansion and even things like the IDF destruction of those solar panels the foreign NGO's built(just because the NGO's decided to give up waiting for the construction approval they were never, ever going to get before starting construction)are so dangerous.
Israel's leaders KNOW what makes things worse. They KNOW what causes violent responses. Therefore, they just shouldn't DO those things. How hard is that? It's not weakness to avoid goading people into violent responses.