• @gedaliyah
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    11 year ago

    Hardly. They also withdrew from Gaza and removed all settlements, which unfortunately led to the election of Hamas.

    They have offered to return most of the west bank to Jordan, who declined because they didn’t want to deal with the Palestinian refugee problem. Israel has made multiple serious offers for Palestinian statehood with recognized borders including 99% of the West Bank, 100% of Gaza, East Jerusalem, and a corridor connecting West Bank and Gaza. The PA has backed out of every agreement because they didn’t want to deal with the extremists in Gaza. Plus, they would have to give up all that foreign aid that has made their leaders billionaires.

    • @Viking_Hippie
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      31 year ago

      They also withdrew from Gaza

      If by “withdrew from” you mean "made an open air concentration camp out of.

      removed all settlements

      While still building more and more illegal settlements in the West Bank

      which unfortunately led to the election of Hamas.

      No. A combination of how the Israeli government treats Palestinians and Hamas lying about being moderate peacemakers led to that.

      They have offered to return most of the west bank to Jordan

      How gracious of them to offer land that isn’t theirs to a third party! 🤦

      Israel has made multiple serious offers for Palestinian statehood

      Under the de facto rule of the Israeli government. And the last time was the Oslo Accords in the 90s and Rabin got assassinated by people who are now Netanyahu supporters for it.

      with recognized borders including 99% of the West Bank

      Again, several decades ago and the prime minister was murdered by Netanyahu’s wing for it. Today, 60% is under full control of Israel.

      100% of Gaza

      The same Gaza where they cut off all water, electricity and medicine and then bragged about letting in 100 trucks total to supply 6 million people? THAT’S what you call 100% control?

      that foreign aid that has made their leaders billionaires.

      While that IS true of Hamas, it’s quite hypocritical to talk about foreign aid when Israel, already one of the richest countries in the world with the highest standards of living, receives over 3 billion dollars from the US alone every year.

      In conclusion: while you’re right about Hamas being a bunch of piece of shit terrorists, you couldn’t be more wrong in your portrayal of the Israeli as magnanimous benefactors wrongfully maligned.

      It’s a fascist apartheid regime fighting a bunch of terrorists, with the victims mainly being innocent civilians from both countries.