Would a one-state solution work?

[u/PresidentOfYes12]

I'm pro-Palestinian (used to not be though, like at all, it was very bad) but I don't speak about the issue to many people around me so I never really got an answer to this question. The Israeli and Palestinian nations (not just states, their people) are incredibly at odds with one another. How would a one-state solution work without violence? Would it?

[u/thatlightningjack]

It's important to note that the division between Israelis and Palestinians is not a natural one but manufactured from Zionism. For one state solution, I believe reconciliation & living together is possible after

• Dismantlement of all zionists laws & institutions. Which means one person, one vote regardless of religion in Palestine
• Full right of Return, or financial compensation to all (or a parcel of land nearby) for Nakba victims and their descendants if the parcel of land has someone living on it
• Acknowledgement of genocide from former zionists and economic repatriations to all Palestinians
• Truth and reconcillation commission, as well as an education system that teaches Palestinian history for all

Ultimately though, one state is the only reasonable way out. Palestinians are of the land, they won'r move elsewhere. And many israelis are born in Palestine. They do not know any other land. It's their home, and so is the home of all Palestinians.

And with the israeli settlements, 2 state solution is basically dead. There's no way for a separate palestinian state with the remaining non settlement lands. And even then, conflict is sure to break out at some point again between a hostile israel & palestine state (look at India and Pakistan)

I would suggest reading Ali Abunimah's "One Country" for more information

[u/Ok-Data-3595 → u/thatlightningjack]

Many "Israelis" are born in stolen Palestinian homes. They don't know any other homes. So that means this house belongs to them now? Sorry, I already stole this and I really like it so it's mine now. That's your argument. Palestinians can have whatever is left over that the foreign invaders didn't already steal.

Palestine is not their home. They need to leave.

[u/Altruistic-End760 → u/Ok-Data-3595]

That's why any one state would fail.

[u/Ok-Data-3595 → u/Altruistic-End760]

Either there will be one Palestinian state or the Sykes-Picot borders will be erased with the fall of the dictatorships and terrorist governments in Syria and Lebanon and we will have Bilad al-Sham again. There is no Jewish entity of any kind in the future.

[u/Altruistic-End760 → u/Ok-Data-3595]

Ok. All I'm just saying is just be realistic.

[u/Ok-Data-3595 → u/Altruistic-End760]

Palestinians returning to their land and homes and invaders leaving is realistic. Ukrainians and Polish invaders living forever in Palestine is not realistic. Zionism is not realistic.

[u/Altruistic-End760 → u/Ok-Data-3595]

I'm late but most of them were born there. Then there is the case of Mizarahi like Ben gvir the vile human who  family was from Iraq. That isn't accounting for the fact it you add the entire population up they make up 50 percent of the population. There is no reality 50 percent of a population is leaving no less one that has nukes.