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Posted by Nilet on Tue May 6 23:31:46 2014, in response to Re: Palestinian university students’ trip to Auschwitz causes uproar, posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Tue May 6 22:46:59 2014. Depends on how committed you are to Palestine being a separate country.One approach would be to start building infrastructure (directly, not by giving money to Hamas and hoping they'll do it) and stop with the blockading and controlling. Alleviate the most pressing concerns of poverty combined with ending oppression mixed with a clear message that Israel will, in fact, let them have their independence if they knock it off with the thuggery. It might not work (after all, the region is pretty much defined by pointless animosity) but it's absurd to expect someone to be your "peace partner" while you are slowly starving them to death. Another approach would be to simply annex the territories, grant full Israeli citizenship to their residents, tell Hamas to take a hike, and then start building infrastructure and offering social programs because that's what governments do for their territories. Once conditions are less dire, then hold a vote on whether they want to remain part of Israel or become independent (and respect their independence if they vote for the latter). Either way, cutting it out with the whole "Jewish state" nonsense would also help; animosities in part influenced by religion will be aggravated by religiosity, the adherence to religion has never made anything better, and frankly, it's the 21st century, not the 12th— tying your identity to a religion is embarrassing. |
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