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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A lot of these discussions get bogged down about who is right, who is wrong, who is morally justified. It doesn't matter at the nation state level.

I'm not familiar with the UN enforced independence, I do know the UN secured the Gaza Egypt border for a period of time.

There are intransigent bad actors on both sides, religious extremists on the Palestinian side, and agitating settlers on the Israeli government side. So no matter what happens, there's always going to be bad activities, that's going to spark up more bad blood at the population level.

Hamas, absolutely wants to create civilian casualties on both sides, because it helps their recruitment, helps reinforce their mission, draws an attention internationally, gets them funding and weapons. Give us money look we stir shit up, we could stir shit up for you.

So going back to the real politic, the current situation is not going to be resolved with a military incursion on either side. I'm not sure who benefits from this situation long-term, but when both parties just keep repeating previous actions, they're stuck in a loop.

Perhaps this latest activity Will be used to depopulate Gaza migrating everybody to the West Bank, we're then hamas's political power would be diminished. I think that would spur a lot more violence, but maybe clearing Gaza is more important than the violence. I'm not sure.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It could be so simple. Eradicate the degenerated Hamas, create a demilitarized zone between both countries, accept the other countries existence and independence and then fuck off and live happily in your part of the country.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

The whole history is extremely complicated, at the end of the preemptive 6 Days war, the country of Israel had the West Bank and the Gaza strip and other things. And they offered to return it in exchange for peace from their neighbors. The neighbors refused, so the country of Israel refused to return the territory.

I believe the camp David accords made a similar offer to the people of Palestine, we will give you this land, and exchange for an agreement of peace. But the people of Palestine or at least their political leaders, wouldn't agree to seceding all of their other land. Much like the American Indians don't agree to secede land for any price in the United States politically.

This isn't a justification, it's just a summary of the complex history to this point as I understand it. Maybe the path forward is not to get a peace agreement before giving independence, independence plus economic support plus trade buys more forgiveness than being held hostage. Making people economically reliant on each other has historically been the way to guarantee peace