Ultimately, this “generous offer” amounted to turning the West Bank into non-contiguous cantons, crisscrossed by a network of settlements, roads and Israeli areas. Even the supposed “capital” of the Palestinian state would mostly be under Israeli control, with stipulations and conditions that stripped any real sovereignty from any area of the supposed Palestinian “state”. Not even the sky above Palestinian heads would be under their control, nor the water under their feet, as Israel still demanded access to water resources under the West Bank.

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    9 months ago

    They’re also not willing to concede living in the same country with equal rights. So not many options left

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      And whose fault is that? I guarantee that if Israel starts treating Palestinians with respect, the Palestinians will be more amendable to a single country with equal rights. If you have lived 75 years under martial law, you will inevitably get these views where co-habitation becomes impossible. We saw it in South Africa. But look at South Africa now: the indigenous Black population and settler minorities now live together with equal rights. The end of apartheid is possible, but the initiative has to come from Israel, not the Palestinians.