Israel/Palestine
Related: About this forumWhy Carter is wrong on State of Palestine
http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/30/opinions/carter-call-recognizing-palestinian-statehood/index.htmlUltimately, the key to solving the Israel-Palestinian conflict does not rest in President Obama's hands, nor in those of his successor. It's the parties, stupid. And neither they nor the peace process are ready yet for prime time.
dubyadiprecession
(6,344 posts)come to an agreement, it was about what each side would take from our federal treasury to stop fighting each other.
Israel receives 6 billion a year and Egypt receives 3 Billion a year since 1978.
ericson00
(2,707 posts)Of a Jewish state, they'd have gotten something outta it
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)if the Palestinians have accepted their state in 1947, none of this would be happening.
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shira
(30,109 posts)...for their own state going back 70 years. They'd have their state already. Of course we know why they haven't accepted, because that would entail acceptance of the Jewish state of Israel which they reject. Heck, you reject Israel as well so it's disingenuous pretending if only Israel did....
FAIL.
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shira
(30,109 posts)....is what has killed it. There were no settlements before 1967 and yet there weren't 2 states because Palestinians rejected Israel outright, just as you do now.
You even oppose the 1947 Partition plan, proving the point.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)that we should avoid touching whenever possible.
There is no two-state future in that region. Rather, it will be annexation, apartheid, and then finally (time uncertain, at least decades) a single binational state.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)Like Czechoslovakia did.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)Both sides will have to skip ahead a few millennia and put aside tribal religious rivalries.