If Israel would stop illegally occupying Palestine then this would all be solved. Instead world powers are allowing this conflict to spin up in order to put more money in the pockets of the military industrial complex, no matter the humanitarian cost.
I have seen similar sentiments in every conflict. “If Putin would just leave Ukraine all would be solved.” “If Iran would just stop sponsoring Houthi rebels, all would be solved.”
First of all, hardly anything would be solved, since the word “occupation” means different things to Western Liberals vs most Palestinians and Muslims. The latter grew up with the understanding that ALL of Israel are zionist occupiers. Don’t believe me? Ask any Muslims friends around the world.
Make no mistake about the goal. Yes gradually Arab leaders of Arab countries have changed their stance, since ISIS and Salafist Islam and 2014, which enabled the Abharam accords. Would not be surprised if they join France’s coalition against Isis. But Shia crescent countries (Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Iran) remember all the meddling and invasions and bombing by USA and ravaging of their cities by hordes of Sunni extremists. They aren’t as happy as Arabs to make peace with Israel.
So no, your proposal wouldn’t lead to peace, because Hamas, Iran and many Shias will not accept Israel’s right to even exist as a state.
Finally! An adult in the room has a good idea, that can avoid needless escalation with the Shia creacent, Russia and China. And can unite most Arab countries against Hamas.
It you read between the lines at the Cairo summit, Arab leaders have been all but begging for Israel to make a plan, for an international coalition or SOMETHING to avoid more escalation and civilian deaths. Yet most Israel supporters have such a defeatist attitude that no one will join Israel (mainly because of the votes at the UN regularly condemning Israel, but that’s not the same thing at all).
I lay out the case here for what Israel must do, and now Macron seems to be spearheading it:
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[ 19.5 ms ] story [ 71.4 ms ] threadFirst of all, hardly anything would be solved, since the word “occupation” means different things to Western Liberals vs most Palestinians and Muslims. The latter grew up with the understanding that ALL of Israel are zionist occupiers. Don’t believe me? Ask any Muslims friends around the world.
Here are man-on-the-street videos of regular everyday Palestinians: https://youtu.be/cJkxOF9QqEk?si=SbkrAWWj71L7YcJ9
Here is Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Khomeini openly stating his position on Twitter in 2019: https://twitter.com/khamenei_ir/status/531366667377717248
Make no mistake about the goal. Yes gradually Arab leaders of Arab countries have changed their stance, since ISIS and Salafist Islam and 2014, which enabled the Abharam accords. Would not be surprised if they join France’s coalition against Isis. But Shia crescent countries (Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Iran) remember all the meddling and invasions and bombing by USA and ravaging of their cities by hordes of Sunni extremists. They aren’t as happy as Arabs to make peace with Israel.
So no, your proposal wouldn’t lead to peace, because Hamas, Iran and many Shias will not accept Israel’s right to even exist as a state.
It you read between the lines at the Cairo summit, Arab leaders have been all but begging for Israel to make a plan, for an international coalition or SOMETHING to avoid more escalation and civilian deaths. Yet most Israel supporters have such a defeatist attitude that no one will join Israel (mainly because of the votes at the UN regularly condemning Israel, but that’s not the same thing at all).
I lay out the case here for what Israel must do, and now Macron seems to be spearheading it:
https://magarshak.com/blog/?p=424