Of all the solutions for the problems in the Holy Land the one that I have heard most from Americans is that of a one state solution…….with the idea that democracy can repair all problems……
People that believe in this solution also believe that Israel is a democracy and that alone could make the one state solution work…..Haha!
U.S. support for a one-state solution could actually bring the Israelis and Palestinians to the table.
There are, theoretically at least, three alternative outcomes to any Israeli-Palestinian peace process: a two-state solution, a one-state solution or the present situation, which is to say no solution. So far most Palestinians (and other Arab governments) and Israelis have preferred the status quo to any alternative outcome that the other side would accept. Moderate Arabs and Israelis support, in principle, a Jewish state and an Arab state living side by side in the former Mandate of Palestine. There are elements on both sides that favor a one-state solution, covering all or most of historic Palestine, although they obviously differ on exactly how that resultant state would be formulated and how Arabs or Jews would share power within it. (Read More……)
Source: U.S. Could Push One-State Solution to Bring About Israel-Palestine Peace – US News
The article from US News and World Report is at best a pipe dream of colossal proportions…….for one anyone that would spend a little time educating themselves will see that there is nothing democratic about Israel save an election ever so often…..and an election does not a democracy make. At what point does a democracy confiscate land, destroy crops, attack children and turn non-violent protest into terrorism? Israeli racism is running rampant….to the point that attacks on Palestinians has escalated to the point of burning young children to death in an arson attack on a home…….
The problem is there is so much misinformation floating around about this situation that labels all Palestinians as “terrorists”…….there are sources to look at for some small amount of truth……
Source: Israel in Palestine: Separating fact from fiction – Al Jazeera English
I do not see any hope for a one state solution to be the answer to the situation between the Israelis and the Palestinians…..I believe that the two state solution is the only answer and now that Israel is building their retaining wall around the West Bank then that could be a good place to start……I have given my idea on how to turn Palestine into a state ……(Read On)…….
Source: Let the Wall define Palestine | In Saner Thought
In conclusion……the one state solution would be more disastrous for Palestinians than the situation that they now live with……there would be little to prevent Israel from erasing Palestine from the memory of the world.
Yeah … no chance of a one-state solution with the current state of affairs.
If I were Palestinian I would not want one either…Israel is not a trustworthy example of democracy….
That’s part of it … years of abuse by Israelis likely leaves very few Palestinians able to trust them.
Sadly Palestinians today do not see any future for the 2 state solution…..they blame the massive settlements as a factor….did you see my post on American involvement in those settlements?
93% of all Palestinians are Muslim and I think I can assure you that none of them are going to be too happy with any kind of agreement that “The Great Satan” has had a hand in and I think the whole process is an exercise in futility.
Yes…and thanx to the US there will never be peace….Muslim? or hindu I do not care….you steal my land or destroy my crops I will push back hard….any American would…we let Israel get away with because of some religious BS….
Agreed — The Palestinians were invaded and their lands stolen. I agree.
The same it is still being stolen and crops destroyed today….
The Palestinians probably ought to practice a little more accommodation and a lot less hate and bigotry toward their “Guests.” I mean if the tables were turned I am sure the Palestinians would absolutely assimilate with the Israelis — what do you want to bet? I mean isn’t that what Europe and America are hoping for now? — Aren’t they hoping their migrant guests will settle down and assimilate and integrate in the society at large and not concentrate themselves in little enclaves and cut themselves off from the society around them?
Maybe the Palestinians could take a lesson from the current migrations and the questions of accommodation and assimilation.
Israel is practicing a German idea of “room to grow”….the Palestinians settled on the West bank and Israel keeps building settlements with American money….maybe if they were not so in your face things might work out….
I hope that is not the only German idea they are putting into practice.
the way they are killing civilians I would say that they learned their lesson well….