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Palestine: Obama lacks understanding and vision : Comments
By David Singer, published 13/3/2014Clearly, in Eastern and Western Palestine, there are only two peoples, the Arabs and the Jews. Just as clearly, there are only two states in that area, Jordan and Israel.
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Ditto for only two states. No Syria? No Egypt? No Lebanon?
For the sake of argument I can let that pass, and I also definitely agree that it is well past time to drop the myth of a "two state" solution. Declare the border between Israel and Jordan to be along the Jordan river, splitting the Dead Sea between the two, then split the Sea of Galilee likewise and continue south along the old established border to the Red Sea.
Then allow the established practice of granting full right-of-return to all those displaced by the wars since 1948, declare Israel to be a democracy of one person, one vote, and all rights of citizenship to be fully equal for all parties.
This would mean equal access to infrastructure such as to all roads, and to all water.
And while we're dreaming, come on down out of the Golan and quit pinching land off Syria.
So doable. Only Israel stands in the way of peace in the Middle East.