| Topic: | What do the Palestinians and their supporters actually want ? | |
| Posted by: | John Hawkes | |
| Date/Time: | 10/05/24 10:23:00 |
| Lots of toing and froing on other threads re the situation in the Middle East that is getting off the point and a little silly. For that I hold my hand up for a good share of the blame. But I have lost track of what the Palestinians are actually asking for and what compromises they are willing to make to gain it. 1) Although the areas that they have governance of have been rocked recently by IDF responsive attacks in Gaza and settler incursion in the West Bank, assuming that in time these disturbances are resolved what further land masses do they claim to be part of Palestine ? 2) Who represents 'the average Palestinian' and do they and their leaders accept the right of the state of Israel to exist within its current borders ? 3) Hamas does not accept point 2) but are they truly representative of the Palestinians and their views ? 4) If Hamas does represent the views of the majority of Palestinians especially over the right of Israel to exist, is there any hope of a peaceful settlement or will Israel have to wage a defensive war indefinitely ? |