OK, so if a future government of Israel were to withdraw all of the settlers in the West Bank (and they have zero settlers anywhere else so that's easy), do you think that Palestinians would allow Israel to exist within its own borders in peace?
OK, so if a future government of Israel were to withdraw all of the settlers in the West Bank (and they have zero settlers anywhere else so that's easy), do you think that Palestinians would allow Israel to exist within its own borders in peace?
Eventually, yes, After at least a generation, likelier two. In the short run, there is too much thirst for vengeance, amply justified. Israelis have gone far past any bounds excusable by self-defense and have killed Palestinians for sport, and when not killing they have been savagely cruel.
In one case soldiers were going house to house looking for some fugitive. While they tore apart a Palestinian woman's bedroom, with no room for anyone to hide, another unzipped his pants and urinated on her carpet. There was a toilet.
On the same search, a tank going down the street took a detour and reasonlessly crushed a man's taxi, destroying his livelihood.
Palestinians have ample reason to despise Israel. They won't forget soon.
OK, so if a future government of Israel were to withdraw all of the settlers in the West Bank (and they have zero settlers anywhere else so that's easy), do you think that Palestinians would allow Israel to exist within its own borders in peace?
Eventually, yes, After at least a generation, likelier two. In the short run, there is too much thirst for vengeance, amply justified. Israelis have gone far past any bounds excusable by self-defense and have killed Palestinians for sport, and when not killing they have been savagely cruel.
In one case soldiers were going house to house looking for some fugitive. While they tore apart a Palestinian woman's bedroom, with no room for anyone to hide, another unzipped his pants and urinated on her carpet. There was a toilet.
On the same search, a tank going down the street took a detour and reasonlessly crushed a man's taxi, destroying his livelihood.
Palestinians have ample reason to despise Israel. They won't forget soon.