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In reply to the discussion: How Palestinian youth would solve the conflict with Israel [View all]ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)49. Sorry but you are dead wrong
I tried to find something, anything that would support your view, but there is nothing.
"Occupation" refers to the West Bank and Gaza. I'll provide three articles. One is from AlJazeera, the Arab point of view. One is from Amnesty International. One is from Vox. That's three points of view.
"Everyone has a right to live in his home and no one may uproot him."
These were the words of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a Knesset event this week marking 50 years of Israel's military occupation of the Palestinian territories in which he vowed to strengthen Israel's "settlement enterprise". https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2017/06/cloneoffifty-years-israeli-occupation-1706080912-170608180555863.html
These were the words of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a Knesset event this week marking 50 years of Israel's military occupation of the Palestinian territories in which he vowed to strengthen Israel's "settlement enterprise". https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2017/06/cloneoffifty-years-israeli-occupation-1706080912-170608180555863.html
The Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory (the West Bank including East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip) is in its fifth decade and the undercurrent of violence and inherent abuses of fundamental human rights and disregard for international law inherent in any long-standing military occupation is presented by both sides. Both Israeli and Palestinian civilians continue to bear the brunt of the violence in the region. https://www.amnestyusa.org/countries/israel-and-occupied-palestinian-territories/
Settlements are communities of Jews that have been moving to the West Bank since it came under Israeli occupation in 1967. Some of the settlers move there for religious reasons, some because they want to claim the West Bank territory as Israeli land, and some because the housing there tends to be cheap and subsidized. Settlements are generally considered to be a major impediment to peace. https://www.vox.com/cards/israel-palestine/settlements
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They are also ignoring the fact there has been a Jewish presence in that land for 4,000 years.
DemocratSinceBirth
May 2018
#3
If there is going to be peace the only way it will happen is with a two-state solution
still_one
May 2018
#7
There is a little bit of truth in both narratives. That's what makes it so hard to reconcile.
DemocratSinceBirth
May 2018
#8
The whole idea of dhimmi status is really for lack of a better word offensive.
DemocratSinceBirth
May 2018
#16
I think the best way to solve this conflict is with a THREE- --make that a FOUR-- -state solution
meow2u3
May 2018
#43
I am not Jewish, but I know many Jews who were basically kicked out of their countries
Sophia4
May 2018
#4
If it can't be enforced in Pakistan, it shouldn't be enforced in any other country including
Sophia4
May 2018
#55
The embassy is nowhere near the Old City where all the important religious sites are
oberliner
May 2018
#59
This is a not so subtle way to say they want to eliminate Israel, and the assessment about "not
still_one
May 2018
#6
I can't think of a way that that happens without violence and creating another diaspora.
DemocratSinceBirth
May 2018
#10
The one state solution is a non starter. I wouldn't even want to share a parcel of land with...
DemocratSinceBirth
May 2018
#12
"One of the persons quoted literally says that the Jews should be sent to Germany."
ProudLib72
May 2018
#35
That the lion's share of Israel's citizens were born there (Israel) ?
DemocratSinceBirth
May 2018
#33
Yeah. I know a lot of second, third, and fourth generation Israelis.
DemocratSinceBirth
May 2018
#38
There are many on both sides who won't acknowledge the other's humanity, identity, and yearnings.
DemocratSinceBirth
May 2018
#40
In an ideal two state solution there could be economic cooperation between the two nations.
DemocratSinceBirth
May 2018
#41