Why did the Palestinians reject the Peel commission partition (and every subsequent two state proposals)?
I can go through all of them, but the short of it is: Palestinians had every right to reject the construction of an Apartheid ethnostate (that had explicitly stated it would expand beyond its assigned borders) being built on their land. That’s the Peele commission, for the 1948 UN resolution it’s the same thing and the fact that Israel would get land that at the time held half of the Palestinian population. There were no other serious 2-state solution proposals (except maybe the 2008 one that was done under the table so we don’t know much about it).
We can’t go back in time. Its unfortunate, but Israel is there now. The question is what should we do now? Genuinely curious. I’m not saying this in defense of Israel. It’s where we are now.
Well the best solution is a one-state democratic, non-Apartheid state (certainly no nonsense about a Jewish homeland or nation state laws). The two-state solution is discussed as the next best thing because Israel is too attached to Apartheid to commit to a one-state solution, so from that point where we go now is the international community forces Israel to actually accept Palestinians’ human rights, including right to self-determination, because God knows they won’t do it on their own.
I would understand that Palestinians did not want to accept Israel’s offer but they never came up with a different plan. They just left the table and that is partially one of the reasons why Palestine looks that way
Hmm… Maybe something like the UK system? A parliamentary federal government with clearly stated limits on their power and high degrees of local independence should work for at least a century or two. Also at the time Palestinians hated Zionists, not Jews as a whole. Jews were, despite what Zionists would want you to think, not wiped out from Palestine or any of that jazz, and lived peacefully there until the whole Israel debacle. Now it’d definitely need a lot of international effort, but I still think it’s very possible if done correctly.
I am not sure how argument that Palestinians hate Zionists and not Jews after what hamas did on 7th October. There was literally a video of a terrorist who was proud because he killed a Jew.
I can go through all of them, but the short of it is: Palestinians had every right to reject the construction of an Apartheid ethnostate (that had explicitly stated it would expand beyond its assigned borders) being built on their land. That’s the Peele commission, for the 1948 UN resolution it’s the same thing and the fact that Israel would get land that at the time held half of the Palestinian population. There were no other serious 2-state solution proposals (except maybe the 2008 one that was done under the table so we don’t know much about it).
Well the best solution is a one-state democratic, non-Apartheid state (certainly no nonsense about a Jewish homeland or nation state laws). The two-state solution is discussed as the next best thing because Israel is too attached to Apartheid to commit to a one-state solution, so from that point where we go now is the international community forces Israel to actually accept Palestinians’ human rights, including right to self-determination, because God knows they won’t do it on their own.
I would understand that Palestinians did not want to accept Israel’s offer but they never came up with a different plan. They just left the table and that is partially one of the reasons why Palestine looks that way
No? Palestinians had been calling for a one-state solution at that point. It’s just that nobody was listening.
One state solution is completely surreal if you don’t want one group completely oppressing the other.
Uh… No?
How do you want to 2 types of people that hate each other exist in 1 state?
Hmm… Maybe something like the UK system? A parliamentary federal government with clearly stated limits on their power and high degrees of local independence should work for at least a century or two. Also at the time Palestinians hated Zionists, not Jews as a whole. Jews were, despite what Zionists would want you to think, not wiped out from Palestine or any of that jazz, and lived peacefully there until the whole Israel debacle. Now it’d definitely need a lot of international effort, but I still think it’s very possible if done correctly.
I am not sure how argument that Palestinians hate Zionists and not Jews after what hamas did on 7th October. There was literally a video of a terrorist who was proud because he killed a Jew.
I used the past tense, hated. It’s different now.