Originally Posted by
ponderingturtle
Well they happened to be living in the land god gave to the jews that was their mistake after all. That is why taking it by force was the only logical option.
Zionists prior to 1947 purchased the lands they built on.
During the Israeli war of independence, Muslim Arabs who fled their lands were not allowed back, and their lands were taken by the state. This also happened to Jewish refugees from areas that were taken by Arab forces.
Today Zionists still purchase lands from Arab land-owners. Characterizing this as “taking by force” is at best uninformed, and at worst disinformation motivated by bigotry and a desire to be incendiary.
Originally Posted by
ponderingturtle
The idea of a two state solution has been dead for a long time, you would be talking about forcibly relocating 10% of the israeli population out of the occupied territories. The settlements have succeeded in making the land israel. So the only solutions are recognizing it as an apartheid state or cleansing the palestinians to preserve the jewish ethnostate.
The only obstacle to a two state solution is that there hasn’t been any serious negotiations about it since Arafat walked out of Camp David back in 2001. Abbas keeps coming up with new reasons not to come to the table.
Settlements can be moved,
or not, lands can be swapped, borders can be negotiated. It all requires negotiations.
Originally Posted by
ponderingturtle
You would certainly happily give up all your land and your home to anyone who asked right?
A straw man, and an incendiary one at that.