r/neoliberal • u/GrandpaWaluigi Waluigi-poster • Dec 11 '23

The two-state solution is still best Opinion article (non-US)

https://www.slowboring.com/p/the-two-state-solution-is-still-best

The rather ignored 2 state solution remains the best possible solution to the I/P crisis.

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u/topicality John Rawls Dec 11 '23

The two state is the best possible outcome and while there is reasons against it Israel needs to be finding ways towards it.

If you don't have a 2 state solution, your basic options are:

  1. A single state with full equality for everyone. This would mean the death of the Zionism since Jews would be a minority.

  2. A single state where Jews are full citizens and Palestinians are second class citizens. This is essentially apartheid.

  3. A single Jewish state, with Palestinian equality only after Palestinians have been reduced in number to no longer pose a demographic threat. This requires mass displacement or genocide.

I think the guest on Ezras last episode had it right. Israel needs to take steps to foster an independent Palestinian state that it can work with. If it wishes to stay a democratic Jewish state, it needs to find a way to separate and live with Palestinians.

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u/_Neuromancer_ Edmund Burke Dec 11 '23

What about option 1 with EU membership? The flow of Palestinians to Western Europe and European Jews to Israel should help demographically. EU institutions can help monitor human rights (for all). Plus all the standard benefits of economic integration and free movement.

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u/itsokayt0 European Union Dec 11 '23

Ahahahahahahahahahaha.

Have you been living in a rock in the past twenty years? Do you think the EU would accept millions of people just so? And those people would happily leave?