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Thread #118089   Message #2550623
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
27-Jan-09 - 08:16 PM
Thread Name: BS: I was wrong about the latest Gaza truce
Subject: RE: BS: I was wrong about the latest Gaza truce
Israel will never accept a single state solution for obvious reasons.

A single state solution in which Eretz Israel/Palestine would continue to be the Jewish Homeland, but in which there was not any built-in guarantee of a permanent Jewish majority, offers the best hope for the longterm wellbeing and security of all the communities with a claim on that territory - perhaps most especially the Jewish community. The present situation in which Israel is immeasurably stronger than its neighbours is hardly likely to continue for that long.

No one questions the special position of Mormonism in Utah, and yet Mormons make up only just over half the population, with no guarantee that this will always be the case. It is hard to imagine that their situation would be too rosy if in the 19th century they had been of a mind to insist on their independent national status, and in a position to maintain that in arms for a period, subordinating or expelling non-Mormons.