Israel/Palestine
In reply to the discussion: University Of California Approves Anti-Semitism Statement [View all]aranthus
(3,386 posts)Perhaps you don't realize it, but neither the Jews nor the Palestinians have all of their ancestral homeland, nor the right to live in every part of it. You would have to take land from Jordan to accomplish that, and the Jordanians would rightfully object. What you don't seem to understand is that what is important is that a people have some place (a nation state) where they can live their own way, by their own customs and their own laws. That means a separate state for Palestinians and one for the Jews. Neither side has an exclusive right to all of the territory. It is far more important that each side has a place that it rules than that each side has access to the whole of the territory. Doing things your way denies both Jews and Palestinians something far more important than what you would be giving them.