Can't believe that there is no thread for this.As of this moment, Likud (Netanyahu's party) looks like the winner. He has promised to annex the west Bank if he wins this election. This would undoubtedly piss a lot of Palestinians, and we could see almost certainly see some sort of uprisings/Hamas attacks followed by Israeli operations in either Gaza or the West Bank.
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Easton Morgan
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Elijah Mitchell
Realistically speaking, what would have to happen for Israel to become Palestine again, if we accept that a two-state solution is officially dead? I mean, we can talk about international support via BDS and other mechanisms, but WHAT would have to happen for that kind of activism to show serious results to the point where the Palestinians are able to win physical (not just symbolic) victories for better conditions and power over Israel?
Asher Reed
America and Saudi Arabia would need their own revolutions to allow the rest of the middle east to overthrow Israel.
Wyatt Brooks
Not a good sign if it takes events that big.
Alexander Cook
Wanted to add: I see the Palestinian issue as almost similar to the climate issue, in the sense that the world knows all these atrocities are going on to the point where an entire group of people are nearly going to be wiped out completely within a generation or two, yet no one can really do anything. The US isn't withdrawing its support anytime soon, and Israel isn't exactly on bad terms with China, India, or Russia (even if they may all agree with a two-state on the 67 border in theory). It just doesn't look good. I wish the Palestinians had a real meaningful way to resist but without a Soviet Union there to give them support I just can't imagine a scenario where they'd win on their own.
Chase Robinson
There would have to be a huge shift. All of that stuff never happen when you consider the backlash of annexing the West Bank from Hamas and the Palestinians. I mean, do we even know that Netanyahu would let the Palestinians in the West Bank have citizenship? Especially when he's said shit like pic.
Gavin Thomas
OYYYYYYYY VEYYYYY
Andrew Baker
It would definitely trigger backlash, but what's the in-between points between "international condemnation" and "one democratic state of Palestine"? Sure, BDS has to be good for something, but how does that lead to a prairie fire?
Ian Mitchell
Just a couple minutes ago, but Netanyahu and Gantz tied at 35 seats with 95% of the vote counted. How effectively would Likud be able to operate under a government that has only 1 member more than blue and white?
Connor Thompson
Next "Nuremberg Trials" should resemble Killing Fields.