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Israel/Palestine

shira

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14. The settlements would be absorbed into the new Pal'n state.

Reply to Little Tich (Reply #11)

Mon Sep 12, 2016, 05:07 AM

Sep 2016

They wouldn't be Israeli & the residents would become Palestinian citizens in any real, genuine peace agreement. They would pay taxes like any other Palestinian citizen.

So what's the problem?

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Netanyahu 'ethnic cleansing' comment against Palestinians draws U.S. rebuke [View all] Eugene Sep 2016 OP

Bibi is an animal. nt WhiteTara Sep 2016 #1

This asshat needs to be ostracized by all world leaders til he's run out of office. InAbLuEsTaTe Sep 2016 #2

Do you believe Jews have a right to live in East Jerusalem & Hebron? n/t shira Sep 2016 #5

It's not ethnic cleansing - it's international law. n/t Little Tich Sep 2016 #3

Should Jews be allowed to live in East Jerusalem & Hebron? shira Sep 2016 #4

It's all very hypothetical, with the two-state solution being dead and all that. Little Tich Sep 2016 #8

How ridiculous. The settlements could be transferred to Palestine.... shira Sep 2016 #10

I'm confused... Little Tich Sep 2016 #11

The settlements would be absorbed into the new Pal'n state. shira Sep 2016 #14

Do you have anything more concrete than your own assertions? Little Tich Sep 2016 #15

WHY NOT LET THE SETTLERS STAY IN PALESTINE? shira Sep 2016 #17

I think the only reasonable response to that argument is a map of the West Bank: Little Tich Sep 2016 #19

Not much of a response when your argument is Jews don't belong in the WB. shira Sep 2016 #20

My own assertions? "Far-left group: Palestinian citizenship for Jews" shira Sep 2016 #23

Here's an UNCTAD report that details some of the costs of the occupation. Little Tich Sep 2016 #12

Allowing tax-paying Palestinian Jews to live there would help the economy. shira Sep 2016 #21

The current status is that Jews live in the West Bank only because they're settlers. Igel Sep 2016 #6

Well put... shira Sep 2016 #7

The settlement project isn't reversible, and in the current and all possible future scenarios the Little Tich Sep 2016 #9

You haven't explained how Jews living within settlements within a future Palestine.... shira Sep 2016 #22

Trump Campaign Sides With Netanyahu: Palestinians Seek 'Ethnic Cleansing' of Jews Little Tich Sep 2016 #13

This message was self-deleted by its author 6chars Sep 2016 #16

It's within living memory. aranthus Sep 2016 #18

Thoughts on Bibi's last video (re ethnic cleansing): shira Sep 2016 #24

Einat Wilf interviewed about Netanyahu's comment on Ethnic Cleansing shira Sep 2016 #25

For once, I'm not sure he's wrong Vogon_Glory Sep 2016 #26