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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
I don't think there is any denying that annexation of the West Bank is the ultimate goal. They have invested too much money in developing the settlements to abandon them and there is no way they are turning half a million Jews over to a predominantly Arab/Muslim nation. It hasn't worked out well historically for them.
From their point of view, control of the West Bank and expansion into that area (that they see as unceded Jewish territory to begin with) is viewed as essential for their security since attacks began several decades ago. It just goes to show how violence begets violence and victims will become perpetrators if given the chance.
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Abbas, the Palestinian President, has gone on record in both Arabic and English that no Jews will be allowed to stay in a Palestinian State.
So when others swing out the "Ethnic Cleansing" bat people should see it for the slander that it is. The only ethnically cleansed country in this conflict will be the State of Palestine - cleansed of Jews.
Israel may be the worst state ever at "Ethnic Cleansing" - the Palestinian population of the West Bank has increased from 2.65 million (2012) to 3 million (2017). Gaza has gone from 1.6 million to 1.9 million in the same time frame.
There is no peace in the language of "Ethnic Cleansing".
Netanyahu planned to annex area C in 2018 when Trump said "go ahead". That was "delayed" as a condition of the Abraham Accords. I doubt Biden gives him any of that freedom. Again, Israel has proven (under Hawkish governments) that it will dismantle settlements for peace. Settlements were removed from Sinai & Gaza. Will they move Ariel or Mile Adumim? Not likely. Will they remove the myriad smaller settlements? I think they'll have no choice.
Maybe Biden and his SoS can smack some sense into Netanyhu and Abbas. Right now both of them think if they wait long enough then they will get everything they want without compromise or consequence. A deal is the only way to isolate Hamas.