[quote=Ironside]for the West Bank and declare that such and such strip of land is to be a Palestinian state, and let them do whatever. If that fails -
You know that it will fail. Israeli leaders are not suicidal; they are aware of the dangers that creating a much bigger and more potent "Gaza "would create
to their security. Unless, of course, you are deluding yourself that Palestinians and Arabs will become peaceful and Jews-loving in an instant, something that failed to materialize in thousands of years. Dream on, my friend, and I will stubbornly cling to the bleak reality.
[quote=Ironside]is not an original thought but a reflection of certain biases prevalent in some countries.
I will give you a source of my "bias." My saintly, wise mother. In not a friendly atmosphere toward Jews, opinions about the Jews were expressed.
My mother always countered; I don't remember drunk Jews slipping in the gutters, nor a Jew publicly assaulting his wife in the public square. And yes
she was aware of the Jews and a plague of "LICHWA" that ruined many poorest of the poor lives, which at the time was considered a shameful sin.
Let me confess that she saved many Jewish lives, mostly temporarily, during "LAPANKI" Anybody who passed the gate of her possession, was temporarly free but she tried her best. So there you go, my bias exposed.