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Originally Posted by _Q_
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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Syria is in a cold war with Israel. That's how they fight now (well before their country collapsed). But their play in Lebanon wasn't to invade. It was to financially support Hezbollah until Hezbollah had de facto control. They'd do the same thing with groups like Hamas in Israel. Even the Syrian collapse is largely being perpetuated by the Saudis fighting their own cold war and funding Sunni groups. If you think the war in a one state Israel would be fought openly, you're out to lunch. Outside forces would fund the extremist Sunni groups as they grew in population. Meanwhile the security situation for the Jewish population would degrade. It's the same model used across all of the Middle East and North Africa. It's the reason Christian and Jewish minorities largely don't exist in those countries.