On Reality Asserts Itself with Paul Jay, Phyllis Bennis examines proposals to resolve the Israeli Palestinian conflict watch full episode therealnews.com/t2/index.php?o...
I feel like a lot of the people personally involved in this issue aren't willing to compromise, and will always prevent the success of any solution. When you have people who have taught their children to hate another group of people so violently, generation after generation there can be no compromise. The only way to achieve an agreement is for both groups to be willing to compromise, the only way they would be willing to compromise is if a new generation was not taught to blindly hate the other group of people, and I don't see any way one might convince them not to teach their children that hate... I honestly see no solution, people with this much hate aren't interested in human rights, or fairness, or equality, their demands and beliefs defy reason, and therefore are unsolvable. This video discusses plenty of reasonable, rational suggestions, that are excellent, and will certainly be rejected by anyone currently taught from youth to hate.
I think it's deceptive. It's still Jews deciding the fate of Palestinians from a more moderate perspective. "Settlements" is a nice way of denying the colonization of another people's land. They are deliberately tender towards Israel, while recognizing that they are "ALSO" at fault. Until we understand that Israel and the meddling western countries are ENTIRELY at fault, and until the full extent of the horrors being placed on a vulnerable population are fully dealt with, there can be no justice. And, no justice, no peace. But Israel could have peace also, if they would stop their theft and aggression. If they would stop being the oppressors, you know, the "never again" actions they continue to take. With impunity.
Before the population boom and race-oriented Jewish imperialism caused by the Nazi atrocities and the scars which remain, I have read and watched documentaries about early Jews and Palestinians having friendly (excluding a handfull of radicals) ties. They managed to have cooperative cultures and due to region and could have been natural allies. After WWII it seems there was a radical and reasonable change in Jewish culture.
I won't mind if Gaza would be taken as Palestine, but not the W Bank. If you think logical, military, or historic way, The W Bank always belonged to any Jewish territory, such an Canaan, Kingdom of Israel, and the modern State of Israel. I think that Israel is not stealing land EXCEPT when a direct threat (such as a war happens), it may occupy it to patrol it (Blocking the exits of Gaza is basically because of Hamas occupying and the transportation of weapons). Israel approximately taken the land in Eretz Yisrael, so it won't be necessary to take more (Except for military/security purposes like I said before) land. Losing land would also be a big deal, since Israel is a small country. I'm not the most trusted source,so try researching more about it rather than continuously arguing with me :)
2 State solution is a little optimistic. One state, equal rights and laws for both jews and palestinians. That's all that is left. Just like south africa.
..and the argument that this is not up to people outside of Jews and Palestinians (Israel and Palestine) also flies in the face of international law. You cannot have the most well-meaning Jews dictate policies and outcomes just because they are willing to be fairer and more considerate. This video still undermines Palestinians... and denies the world the interest to see the end of the apartheid. And the ultimate goal remains the legitimization of the theft of Palestinian land!! After all, Israel was stolen from an existing population, all of it. So this talks around but never gets to the meat of the problem which is that Israel is totally illegitimate as a state.
Characterizing the Palestinians as racist is ridiculous. Israel and Jews are not a specific race, they are many races. It is a deliberate mischaracterization that may be mouthed by the most well-meaning individuals, but it is intellectually lazy and subverts the argument.
