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Mosby

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21. Israel is multicultural
Fri Aug 1, 2025, 01:23 PM
Aug 1

Jews, Muslims, Druze, Christians etc live together in relative harmony. Some of the more disparate groups have very little in common but they all respect each other's space and traditions. There is no reason why the "West bank" could not operate in a similar fashion, except for the fact that Muslim Arabs don't accept multiculturalism in any way. The one Arab country that tried has degenerated into chaos (Lebanon) and that country had already expelled it's Jewish citizens, leaving Sunnis, Shia, Christian Arabs and Druze. They still couldn't make it work.

There are some loudmouth revisionist Zionists who want to expel Arabs from the "West Bank" but they are a distinct minority who are having their opinions amplified by the engagement seeking legacy media. The vast majority are more than willing to share the land. But it takes two to tango, and there is no one on the Palestinian side who has the courage to challenge centuries of Muslim thinking about statehood, in fact the defacto leader, Abbas, who is 20 years into his 4 year term has stated multiple times that not a SINGLE JEW will be allowed to live in the Palestinian state.

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I doubt there will ever be peace in the middle eastern countries. The US isn't helping. twodogsbarking Jul 31 #1
I read an opinion piece with a compelling case for Egypt taking over Gaza IronLionZion Jul 31 #2
So the 1967 borders for Gaza, in other words. Igel Jul 31 #5
Exactly. speak easy Jul 31 #6
Yes, then if that works out well, something similar with Jordan and West Bank IronLionZion Jul 31 #8
Like it or not. Mosby Aug 1 #19
You just described what the settlers are doing in the West Bank IronLionZion Aug 1 #20
Israel is multicultural Mosby Aug 1 #21
Egypt doesn't want anything to do with Gaza. Mosby Aug 1 #18
Who wants Gaza? IronLionZion Aug 1 #22
The Arab World is finally stepping up and taking some responsibility FakeNoose Jul 31 #3
About fucking time. Now stop funding Hamas! nt SunSeeker Jul 31 #4
Bibi (also) funded Hamas. speak easy Jul 31 #7
I said FUNDING. As in giving Hamas cash for weapons, like many Arab nations are doing. SunSeeker Jul 31 #10
Bibi funded Hamas through Qatar. Look it up. speak easy Aug 1 #11
BS. Qatar funded Hamas, not Bibi. And Qatar has not stopped funding Hamas. SunSeeker Aug 1 #12
""For years, Netanyahu propped up Hamas. Now it's blown up in our faces." speak easy Aug 1 #13
BS. Humanitarian Gaza measures are not "propping up Hamas." SunSeeker Aug 1 #14
I quoted Israeli reports. speak easy Aug 1 #15
So you saying we should stop giving aid to Gaza because it is "propping up Hamas"? SunSeeker Aug 1 #16
No. I am saying I am not a silly fool. speak easy Aug 1 #17
Even if they did Netanyahu and the radical right moniss Jul 31 #9
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