You can absolutely devise a version of reality where a one-state solution works — there's already plenty of Arab Israelis, e.g., who have a good amount of political power, in normal times. I just don't think it's the reality we're living in. It's not like this was a functional relationship that had tensions arising from inequality (Quebe…
You can absolutely devise a version of reality where a one-state solution works — there's already plenty of Arab Israelis, e.g., who have a good amount of political power, in normal times. I just don't think it's the reality we're living in. It's not like this was a functional relationship that had tensions arising from inequality (Quebec, Northern Ireland) it was a fundamentally unworkable relationship from the very beginning. It would have been nice if the world had figured this out in 1948, instead of shrugging and moving on, but here we are.
Separating would also be *very good* for Israeli politics. If a division were fair and amicable, it would finally remove, I think, that existential dread that Israelis face.
You can absolutely devise a version of reality where a one-state solution works — there's already plenty of Arab Israelis, e.g., who have a good amount of political power, in normal times. I just don't think it's the reality we're living in. It's not like this was a functional relationship that had tensions arising from inequality (Quebec, Northern Ireland) it was a fundamentally unworkable relationship from the very beginning. It would have been nice if the world had figured this out in 1948, instead of shrugging and moving on, but here we are.
Separating would also be *very good* for Israeli politics. If a division were fair and amicable, it would finally remove, I think, that existential dread that Israelis face.
I had the good luck to catch the lecture a decade or so back, from Dr. Ali Abunimah at U.Calgary about his one-state crusade (whoa, wrong word!).
He made a very persuasive case, and Wikipedia says he is still pushing it, calling the two-state option the impossible, never-happen one.