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I recently did some wiki digging into the formation of Israel and it legitimately surprised me how illegitimate the country is. They were given land (not a state) and welcomed by Palestinians, then they flipped their shit over time and took everything. They were not oppressed but radicalized over imaginary oppression and used it as a tool to oppress Palestine.
The whole world is complicit or gaslit into buying this garbage. Insane that the two state solution is seen as compromise to Palestinians when it should be considered the only compromise given to Israel.
How about this as a compromise: all adults get to vote and the right to freedom of religion is unassailable. Why isn't that on the table?
Israel wants to be a Jewish state, so secular humanism wouldn't be a compatible policy they'd agree to.
I don't think there is a two state solution because of how intertwined the West Bank is.
I don't think there is a one state solution because of how much all the sides hate eachother.
The whole area is a festering wound on the face of our common humanity. We need to administer antibiotic and depose the leaders who spread hate in the area from within and from the outside like Schumer here. "They don't believe in the Torah", why should any book have final say?
Edit: I have no idea why you're getting downvoted. I wish what you were saying was possible. In any sane country it would be reasonable.
I understand that most nations were founded via genocide, but can you imagine feeling any pride on your country whatsoever when the whole world is regularly watching 4K footage of your nation bombing destitute women & children?
Like, goddamn.
Israel is forever cursed by its own cruelty.
That's the One State solution, and it isn't on the table because it's unacceptable to Israel.