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Big Blue Marble

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5. The question we are facing now is do the Palestinians have a right to exist.

Reply to lees1975 (Original post)

Wed Dec 20, 2023, 05:55 PM

Dec 2023

They are the ones in immediate danger of ethnic cleansing and genocide. Palestine is their
historic homeland. There were very few Jews living there for the last 2000 years
until they began to return in the late 1800's.

And to say to say that Israel has not blocked the peace process, is to deny recent history,
starting with the 800,000 illegal settlers in the West Bank that are there intentionally
to make a true peace accord with Palestinians impossible.

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Any solution to the Israel-Hamas War requires realism. [View all] lees1975 Dec 2023 OP

My definition of realism does not include a belief in God. Cartoonist Dec 2023 #1

Along With the Fact That Each Side Feels The Other Inferior By Nature The Magistrate Dec 2023 #2

Your assertion that Israel has a right to exist is not embraced by all. maxsolomon Dec 2023 #3

Fair enough. The nation of Palestine has never existed at all. TheKentuckian Dec 2023 #4

Well Israel exists now and it isn't going anywhere. Ace Rothstein Dec 2023 #6

Agreed. It's not going anywhere. maxsolomon Dec 2023 #9

So what's the historical standard for that? lees1975 Dec 2023 #10

Good summary. There's a few here who don't seem to know this history Arazi Dec 2023 #11

Who makes those decisions? maxsolomon Dec 2023 #12

The question we are facing now is do the Palestinians have a right to exist. Big Blue Marble Dec 2023 #5

Netanyahu is explicitly against a two state solution muriel_volestrangler Dec 2023 #7

Realism... a ceasefire alone is pro-Hamas. They vow to keep killing Jews and committing more terrorism. keithbvadu2 Dec 2023 #8