Thread by @yudapearl

1/ I'm compelled to retweet this thread because so often I see well-intentioned people assuming that a "happy ever after" 1-state solution is inevitable because Palestinian's rejection of Jewish self determination (in ANY borders) is so total and deeply entrenched that any other

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2/ arrangement amounts to endless blood shed. As one born in Israel and tuned daily to the country's pulse, let me mention another factor which is often ignored in conversations about the 1-state fantasy. Israelis resistance to a 1-state solution is at least as total and deeply

3/ entrenched as the Palestinians' rejection of Zionism. For Israelis, the idea of relinquishing Statehood (i.e., right to self defense and border control) towers as a collective suicide, against which people are willing to fight to the last soul (barring a few ultra orthodox

4/ enclaves). It is often equated with a betrayal of 2 thousands years of yearning for normalcy and dignity and, therefore, no government would last a day even discussing such an option. This factor must be taken into account when considering the 1-state vs. 2-state options.

5/ The former would not be as bloodless as some people fantasize; it will be genocidal. The current state of painful but manageable violence is probably the least genocidal, and will persist therefore until some "end of claims" ideology emerges from education for co-existence.