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AltaGuy · 11-20-2012, 03:53 PM

I think the longer this conflict goes on, the more likely a one-state solution becomes the only option. The feasibility of a Palestinian state is virtually nil already - and settlements, East Jerusalem, and water scarcity will simply make the possibility of an independent Palestine less and less likely.

The WB and Gaza will remain Israel's protectorates while over time more and more Israeli citizenship rights will accrue to Palestinians in the WB and Gaza due to outside pressure and internal realities. (WB obviously first.)

The economic benefits to Israelis and Palestinians will eventually outweigh the old territorial and clan claims, and owing to the demographics of the new state some fifty years down the road, Israel will not be a "Jewish" state, but just a secular state with many different groups of people living within it.

Sucks that there will be more deaths before any of that happens. But I honestly think that this is the only possible eventual outcome given the current realities.

11-20-2012, 03:53 PM	#14
AltaGuy AltaGuy has a magnetic personality and exudes positive energy, which is infectious to those around him. He has an unparalleled ability to communicate with people, whether he is speaking to a room of three or an arena of 30,000. Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: At le pub... Exp:	I think the longer this conflict goes on, the more likely a one-state solution becomes the only option. The feasibility of a Palestinian state is virtually nil already - and settlements, East Jerusalem, and water scarcity will simply make the possibility of an independent Palestine less and less likely. The WB and Gaza will remain Israel's protectorates while over time more and more Israeli citizenship rights will accrue to Palestinians in the WB and Gaza due to outside pressure and internal realities. (WB obviously first.) The economic benefits to Israelis and Palestinians will eventually outweigh the old territorial and clan claims, and owing to the demographics of the new state some fifty years down the road, Israel will not be a "Jewish" state, but just a secular state with many different groups of people living within it. Sucks that there will be more deaths before any of that happens. But I honestly think that this is the only possible eventual outcome given the current realities.