The Gaza Palestinians are repatriated to Egypt (with or without the real estate of the Gaza Strip) then Egypt and Israel negotiate what to do about their resettlement, in Egypt or Israel; and the terrorists among them are put on trial. I have a hunch that if we started calling them, and thinking of them, as "Egyptians" rather than "Palestinians"; and if they were subjects of a larger responsible government with larger priorities, many of the seemingly intractable problems would find solutions.
Even if that's a workable solution for the Gaza Strip, I don't know how applicable it could be for the West Bank. I think Israel would gladly wash its hands of Gaza--not so much the West Bank. But, the West Bank also isn't a perpetual tinderbox of terrorism and war the way Gaza is.
There are more choices:.. (6) two state solution. Israel is Zionist and Palestinians control the Gaza strip and West Banks. (7) Kill all Palestinians and give the land to the Jews.
I favor (6) and predict Israel will move toward it. The Oct 7 slaughter made history irrelevant. No fact in the past justifies the savagery that occurred on that day. Nobody wants the Palestinians not the Egyptians or Jordanians. The Palestinians will have to learn how to live with the Israelis otherwise they will face (7).
You're right, Prof. T., that there are more choices. Your (7) would make the choices symmetric, along with an (8) Expel all the non-Jews and keep Israel a Jewish state.
In the Substack essay, I'm asking just about one-state solution. The West Bank and Gaza introduce a host of new variations. One of my Top Ten Articles for 2023 is very good for facts about the West Bank, lots of maps:
Push the Palestinians into Egypt by force. Force open the border if Egypt resists. If they won't go kill them where they stand.
The whole thing could be over quickly if we would stop with this nonsense about Palestinian rights. They lost the many wars of extermination they waged against Israel. Woe to the vanquished.
Here's my option 6:
The Gaza Palestinians are repatriated to Egypt (with or without the real estate of the Gaza Strip) then Egypt and Israel negotiate what to do about their resettlement, in Egypt or Israel; and the terrorists among them are put on trial. I have a hunch that if we started calling them, and thinking of them, as "Egyptians" rather than "Palestinians"; and if they were subjects of a larger responsible government with larger priorities, many of the seemingly intractable problems would find solutions.
Even if that's a workable solution for the Gaza Strip, I don't know how applicable it could be for the West Bank. I think Israel would gladly wash its hands of Gaza--not so much the West Bank. But, the West Bank also isn't a perpetual tinderbox of terrorism and war the way Gaza is.
There are more choices:.. (6) two state solution. Israel is Zionist and Palestinians control the Gaza strip and West Banks. (7) Kill all Palestinians and give the land to the Jews.
I favor (6) and predict Israel will move toward it. The Oct 7 slaughter made history irrelevant. No fact in the past justifies the savagery that occurred on that day. Nobody wants the Palestinians not the Egyptians or Jordanians. The Palestinians will have to learn how to live with the Israelis otherwise they will face (7).
You're right, Prof. T., that there are more choices. Your (7) would make the choices symmetric, along with an (8) Expel all the non-Jews and keep Israel a Jewish state.
In the Substack essay, I'm asking just about one-state solution. The West Bank and Gaza introduce a host of new variations. One of my Top Ten Articles for 2023 is very good for facts about the West Bank, lots of maps:
8 "The Problem of West Bank Settlements," Tomas Pueyo Substack (2023). Very good maps and facts, even though I disagree with his views. https://unchartedterritories.tomaspueyo.com/p/the-problem-of-west-bank-settlements?r=dgrr3&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
Push the Palestinians into Egypt by force. Force open the border if Egypt resists. If they won't go kill them where they stand.
The whole thing could be over quickly if we would stop with this nonsense about Palestinian rights. They lost the many wars of extermination they waged against Israel. Woe to the vanquished.