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Originally Posted by _Q_
First of all, creating an exclusively Jewish state in place of the Palestinian population is absolutely genocide. I understand that the way Israel is now, the population is a bit of a mixed bag, however, denying rights to the Palestinians in the occupied territories while building settlements that are Jewish only, point to a different end goal.
Second of all, being Palestinian, in essence isn't an ethnoreligious identity. You can be a Jewish, Christian, Muslim, atheist, etc. Palestinian that does or doesn't speak Arabic. You can't be a Muslim Arab Jew.
Finally, I don't think anyone in here is advocating the removal of any population from their homes.
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What percentage of Palestinians are not Arab? Why were the Jews removed from the West Bank when Jordan invaded? I would disagree on the current use of the definition of Palestinian not referring to an ethnic group.
I do think that people are advocating for the removal of people from their homes. Are you stating that all the Israeli settlers should stay? Most of them, at this point, were born there and didn't move there (largely a function of having a fertility rate of over 7 for the settlers).
In order to have any kind of lasting peace, a great number of settlers will probably have to be removed from their homes at some point.