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Originally Posted by Pierre
No shit,
That’s very, very naive.
Gaza was effectively a Palestinian state.
So let’s say there was an official Palestinian state either side of Israel formed from Gaza and the West Bank, and that Palestinian state elected an extreme Islamic jihadist party to govern them.
Then, that legitimate Palestinian state declared war on Israel, and undertook a military incursion into Israel killing thousands of Jews.
How is that any different to now.
If, in that theoretical scenario, Israel retaliated against that legitimate Palestinian state and flattened it, would you, Ian and JFman still condemn Israel for defending itself?
Giving Palestinians a state, would not give Israelis peace…..from the river to the sea negates the existence of Israel. Giving Palestinians a state wouldn’t change anything.
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The difference would be that Palestinians would genuinely be complicit in bringing around a state of war (if this hypothetical Palestine declared war on Israel). As it stands it hasn’t, and there isn’t one.
Terrorists carried out an act and Palestinian civilians are paying the price of the retaliation.
There’s no evidence Palestinians would vote for such a war, although nobody could rule out Israeli interference just as they were complicit in Hamas governance of Gaza until it bit them in the arse.