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Originally Posted by Envitro
I think that a two state solution, but of two contiguous states can be the only answer.
Here is my proposal:
1. Israel would cede a large portion of the Golan Heights to a new Palestinian state, and connect it to the West Bank with a small corridor to the Golan provided by Syria.
2:1 area swap for example. If Gaza is 365 sq. km, then Israel would cede ~730 sq. km to the Palestinians which is over half of the area currently occupied by Israel.
2. In exchange, Gaza would be handed over to Israel and its citizens would be transplanted to the Golan or West Bank, or stay and become Israeli citizens, their choice...
This would solve a few problems, main being that in order to have a sovereign country you cannot have it split in half by another country.
Secondly, Israel would be giving up the disputed Golan that they won in the war and putting it towards a good cause (peace). Thirdly, Syria has a chance to look like the good guy in participating in the solution rather than being a problem. Obviously I thought of this proposal when there was no civil war in Syria... but I guess we can see how this shakes out.
However there can only be one condition to this: Palestinians and Arabs must have a peace treaty with Israel and cannot attack it. They must give up their goal of Israel's destruction.
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Not a bad concept, however, there are 1.4 million Palestinians in Gaza and to allow them to take up Israeli citizenship might be national suicide for Israel. Why not make it a single state from the get go?