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0 pointsjs89mo ago0 comments

Honestly, I wouldn't ask Israelis or Palestinians for their opinion. I think the OSN should mandate and using peace forces:

- Establish a new, transitional government of Israel/Palestine, nominated by the UN

- Give citizenship to every Israeli and Palestinian for the whole territory

- Mandate a 50/50 ethnic quotas system in the military, police, judiciary and all government institutions, and minimum 30% ethnic quotas in every other employer

- Create a Truth and Reconcilliation Commission, modeled after JAR; it would figure out what reparations are needed to each citizen

- Mandate both hebrew and arabic as official languages, and teach every kid both in school

- Once things would settle down, after 1-2 years, run a new elections but with constitutional provisions (5-10 years) against dismantling the quotas

Heck, even US could do this unilaterally (just like British did), if they wanted to pursue human rights.

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nradov9mo ago

What a silly, unrealistic idea. No other country or coalition is going to launch a violent ground invasion of Israel and Palestine in order to impose peace terms on them. Protecting human rights in other countries is not our responsibility. They'll have to solve their own disputes one way or another.

js8OP9mo ago

No ground invasion is needed, not even serious economic sanctions for non-compliance. Just a simple phone call from American president, that Israelis are now free to fend themselves from "hostile Arabs", without US military aid (there's a precedent btw). After all, it's Israel's own responsibility to protect human rights, isn't it?

hersko9mo ago

You think Israel would just collapse if the US stopped supporting them?

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corimaith9mo ago

Which "hostile arabs"? Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States want military cooperation with Israel to counter Iran. Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, etc are too busy with their own affairs and have no desire to fight a unnecessarily destructive war.

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