I always see stuff like this about borders and it makes me wonder what people think the actual borders should be, do people think the borders are obvious? Or does everyone agree 1 state is the solution?
I’ll just throw my hat in the “one state solution” camp. In the case of Israel/Palestine at least, I don’t think that is possible anymore without first dissolving the current state of Israel. But maybe there is an alternate history somewhere, where the early Jewish settlers who arrived in the region cooperated with the native Palestinians to form a secular state promising freedom of religion for all, avoiding most of these long-term issues.
Carving out countries on religious/ethnic boundaries (to this extent, at least) fosters more division and resentment than anything else.
Separating the cows from the pigs makes sense on a farm, but human beings aren’t cows and pigs. There’s no reason humans should be segregated by ethnicity or religion. Hindus and Muslims are perfectly capable of living together peacefully. Jews and Arabs are perfectly capable of living together peacefully.
I always see stuff like this about borders and it makes me wonder what people think the actual borders should be, do people think the borders are obvious? Or does everyone agree 1 state is the solution?
I’ll just throw my hat in the “one state solution” camp. In the case of Israel/Palestine at least, I don’t think that is possible anymore without first dissolving the current state of Israel. But maybe there is an alternate history somewhere, where the early Jewish settlers who arrived in the region cooperated with the native Palestinians to form a secular state promising freedom of religion for all, avoiding most of these long-term issues.
Carving out countries on religious/ethnic boundaries (to this extent, at least) fosters more division and resentment than anything else.
Separating the cows from the pigs makes sense on a farm, but human beings aren’t cows and pigs. There’s no reason humans should be segregated by ethnicity or religion. Hindus and Muslims are perfectly capable of living together peacefully. Jews and Arabs are perfectly capable of living together peacefully.
What are you saying then? Because it just sounds like you avoided answering a difficult question but judging another decision. Which is my point.
Or are you simply advocating for a world with no boundaries at all?
I prefer a zero state solution, but one state is better than two