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Originally Posted by blankall
Those things could happen....or the state could turn out like the other 30 arab/muslim states in the region, where minority rights are non-existent.
Also, why wouldn't they vote in Hamas? Hamas beyond their hatred of Israel runs on a platform of islamic government. That appeals to a lot of people regardless of the occupation. Egypt voted in islamic governments, as are many of the other naitons in the arab spring.
You're asking Isralis to sacrifice their sovereignty and the culture/society the have built to trust the fact they won't, once again, become minorities in an islamic/arab regime. The majority of Jewish Israelis are descended from people who were persecuted and forced from their homes by tyranical arab/muslim regimes.
You're proposition that Israel/Palestine needs to be the first nation in human history to figure out to run a democracy with two entirely different ethnicities/religions working together is pretty ludicrous. Please show me an example of one time that has worked out in the long run before you accuse the Israelis of sabotaging democracy.
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Dude, come on. I know you don't mean that:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgium
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa
And my favorite one of all:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada