It appears we agree that Israel is on a long term path with a very bad ending.
I'm arguing a counterfactual: that had Israel worked with and empowered the PA in the West Bank, instead of working non-stop to humiliate it and steal land from its residents, perhaps it would have a rational negotiating partner by now.
It appears we agree that Israel is on a long term path with a very bad ending.
I'm arguing a counterfactual: that had Israel worked with and empowered the PA in the West Bank, instead of working non-stop to humiliate it and steal land from its residents, perhaps it would have a rational negotiating partner by now.
But there's no way to know if my counterfactual was accurate. I'm just guessing when I claim/hope that there's still a way out via a two state solution if Israel works with the PA, or a reconstituted PA.
However, such a solution would require Israel to start dismantling its West Bank settlements, and I see absolutely no evidence that Israel is prepared to do that, or anything else to change the status quo today.
Still, I can't help but think that indiscriminately killing 25,000 and counting people, the vast majority of whom must certainly be civilians, is moving Israel and the Palestinians towards a far worse place.
It appears we agree that Israel is on a long term path with a very bad ending.
I'm arguing a counterfactual: that had Israel worked with and empowered the PA in the West Bank, instead of working non-stop to humiliate it and steal land from its residents, perhaps it would have a rational negotiating partner by now.
But there's no way to know if my counterfactual was accurate. I'm just guessing when I claim/hope that there's still a way out via a two state solution if Israel works with the PA, or a reconstituted PA.
However, such a solution would require Israel to start dismantling its West Bank settlements, and I see absolutely no evidence that Israel is prepared to do that, or anything else to change the status quo today.
Still, I can't help but think that indiscriminately killing 25,000 and counting people, the vast majority of whom must certainly be civilians, is moving Israel and the Palestinians towards a far worse place.