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Zeus posted...

Sounds like a step in the right direction, since it'll help push the world into accepting what's already the status quo.

Aren't you always going on about how important it is to combat Islamic Extremism and anti-American sentiment in the Middle East? That improved relations with Russia were worth it for exactly that reason?

Do you think a move like this gives Hamas less pull with the Palestinians or more?

SushiSquid posted...

It certainly doesn't push the conflict toward a two-state solution, but I don't particularly care about that. If Israel could be properly restructured and Palestinians given full citizenship, a one-state solution would be fine.

A one-state solution would - for all intents and purposes - be Palestine, not Israel.

There are roughly 12.5 million Palestinians in the world, spread throughout Israel, Palestine, Jordan, and various refugee camps in other nearby nations. By contrast, Israel has roughly 6.25 million Jews in its populace. If Palestine and Israel were to unite, with full citizenship rights for all current Israelis and Palestinians, the Palestinians would outnumber Israeli Jews by a 2:1 margin.

This is exactly what John Kerry warned about in one of his last speeches as Secretary of State - under a one-state solution, Israel would either be a democratic state or a Jewish state, but it could not be both.
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