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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is a brilliantly simple solution but neither party will agree to it.  It's called a one-state solution.  Israel's borders get extended to include the entire West Bank, Gaza and Sinai. Every resident of this new state becomes an Israeli citizen with equal rights. That's the only sustainable solution.  Friedman called it twenty years ago when he said Israel can be Jewish, democratic, or exist in post-1967 borders, but it can be only two of these three. So the choice is between:

1. A Jewish and democratic state but not in post-1967 borders (much smaller area).

2.  A democratic state with expanded borders but not Jewish (because there will be many Palestinian citizens, perhaps and certainly eventually more than Jewish).

3.  A Jewish state with expanded borders but not democratic, as it will necessarily depend on disenfranchising a large part of the populace that lives there currently.

Out of all this, I think option 2 is the best.  It will never happen, of course, because Israelis have a deathly fear of Palestinian procreation - let's face it, Arabs make more babies than Jews, Orthodox Jews who reproduce at higher rates are not as plentiful, and Israel isn't an attractive immigration destination for other Jews any more.  Israel knows it exists under a demographic threat from its own Israeli Arab citizens.  But it can never admit that a fully Jewish state as a concept is simply not compatible with the progressive ideas of the current statehood that serves all citizens equally regardless of ethnicity and religion. [/quote]

Sounds great on paper but I can't see Israelis doing this.  If it were a one-state solution of any kind it would be set up with apartheid like South Africa once was.  Palestinians would have curfews and many other significant limits imposed on their existence and opportunities.[/quote]

there are many israelis taht would loev this. [/quote]

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