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Originally Posted by blankall
There are 18 million Lebanese people in the world, of which about 80% are Christian. The population of Lebanon is about 5 million, of which about 40% are Christians. Do the math.
And who's to say a single Israeli state would not be subject to similar outside forces. The Syrians have their eyes on Israel the same way they have their eyes on Lebanon. Lebanon before the civil war had a clear Christian majority. As soon as that became contested things fell apart. I'm not saying muslims were to blame. I'm saying at no point in history have two totally culturally different peoples existed as one state. There's always a clear majority or there is conflict.
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Maybe they do, but when was the last time Israel and Syria went to war with each other? The 70s? I think if a just peace agreement in which the Palestinians were happy with the final outcome ever came to fruition, Syria would probably leave everyone alone (except maybe Lebanon). And even if Syria were to try to do anything to this new state, it's not like Israel's military superiority would suddenly disappear because because now it includes the Palestinians.
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Originally Posted by Red Slinger
Re: the one state solution.
There are too many outside forces that would diligently work to undermine a one state solution. It requires that all of the countries in the region believe and recognize that Israel has the right to exist AND then back up their beliefs and words with enforcement against those groups whose sole purpose is to destroy Israel.
Unfortunately, the only solution I can see at this time is a two state solution. And that would require high Israeli security. So, it's really not that far off from what we see right now.
Someone mentioned it earlier but if the Palestinians laid down their weapons most of the conflict would end. If Israel laid down all it's it would be destroyed. The current major force behind the conflict today is that victory for Israel means peace and victory for most of the Arab nations means the destruction of Israel.
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I've heard that a lot, but I think that's a bit of a simplistic view of how things would go down. Maybe the conflict would end, but it would probably not end well for the Palestinians.