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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
A big part of the problem is that Palestinian leaders make a lot of money by keeping the conflict going. Peace is bad for business and IMO, a big reason why October 7th happened when it did, was because things were becoming too stable. Yasser Arafat made billions from "aid" which his family now in the UK lives off of. This didn't go unnoticed by the current leaders in Gaza and West Bank.
I'm also not convinced that it is a small minority that doesn't want a two-state solution. Obviously Hamas and their supported don't want it as it isn't mentioned anywhere in their 1988 charter. In fact, it outrights states that a Palestinian state should include all of "Mandatory Palestine". Past opinion polls indicated that even at the street level, a two state solution wasn't overly popular (sometimes 50-50, sometimes less). Maybe that changed since the war in Gaza, but I am not holding my breath.
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This applies to both sides though, Israels right wing and religious parties are in power and making a fortune from being Judaism's only hope, this war has kept Netanyahu out of jail and in power, they are just as reliant on permanent conflict as Hamas