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lees1975

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Wed Dec 20, 2023, 03:56 PM Dec 2023

Any solution to the Israel-Hamas War requires realism. [View all]

The debate is all over the place, with one of the key points being the influence that the United States has because of the financial power we wield, the idea being that somehow it is our responsibility to determine what happens, not Israel's and not the Palestinians and of course not Hamas.

Israel has a right to exist in its ancient, historic homeland. And it should be noted, that since the UN first started working out a Palestine partition, and a "two state solution" if that's what we want to call it, it has not been Israel that has disagreed with the plans. It has also not been Israel that has launched the attacks starting the wars. Israel has built trusted alliances with the broader Arab world. Maybe this will upset that but it doesn't look like it. Some Arabs are realistic. Let them broker a peace deal.

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