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Israel/Palestine

JohnSJ

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5. Your comparison isn't valid, and neither side would accept it. One of the few secular Democracies in the Middle East is

Reply to multigraincracker (Reply #4)

Sun Jan 21, 2024, 09:38 AM

Jan 2024

Israel. Hamas or the Palestinian Authority have never been secular, and Hamas has explicitly called for the eradication of Israel and the establishment of an Islamic state under its rule.

If any solution will be sound it will be a two state solution, with a security zone between.them.

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The singe state solution. [View all] multigraincracker Jan 2024 OP

I have wondered why they haven't tried this. Walleye Jan 2024 #1

Democracy and Equality multigraincracker Jan 2024 #2

Not a chance. The Mufti of Jerusalem showed how that would work. This is not a new idea, and has been JohnSJ Jan 2024 #3

Seems a Secular Democracy multigraincracker Jan 2024 #4

Your comparison isn't valid, and neither side would accept it. One of the few secular Democracies in the Middle East is JohnSJ Jan 2024 #5

"Every person has equal rights" (in the US) -- far from it. RandomNumbers Jan 2024 #6

You kind of make my point. multigraincracker Jan 2024 #7

What they want is single state with right of return. Richard D Jan 2024 #8

Israel already is a secular democracy with equal rights. aranthus Jan 2024 #9

Martin Buber (of I-Thou) was an early Zionist and promoted a unitary secular state. PufPuf23 Jan 2024 #10

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