More specifically trying to understand how one compromises with apartheidL
How should for example, Palestinians compromise with a system of government that is based on a Jewish state in a land where foreign Jews have greater rights than indigenous non-Jews?
What kind of compromise is acceptable against such form of racism and also in compliance with the universal declaration of human rights?
How should one approach an understanding of this form of apartheid?
How does one understand such racism?
What makes this form of racism [against indigenous non-Jews] acceptable?
What makes Palestinians less relevant as indigenous peoples than any other? Is it because the genocide was not more thorough and their sheer numbers make them unacceptable as co-inhabitants? Would a greater Palestinian genocide ensure them their rights?
If 6 million Palestinians were massacred, would the remaining survivors be more deserving of living on their dispossessed lands? Or should we wait till all but a million are killed for them to be awarded a state?
Should we empathise with the Israeli desire to support war on unarmed Palestinians in order to reach a compromise that is acceptable to all?
[note: this post assumes that the UDHR is still considered valid as a gold standard of acceptable moral standards for interaction between human beings]
The only way that the Israel/Palestine situation will ever be resolved is by compromise (leaving out the possibility of genocide of the Palestinian people). This means stopping the yearning for a return to some imagined "glory days" of the ancient past where your side had it all and facing the reality of today. It also means understanding and empathy with the point of view of the other - something in very short supply at the current time. It means asking what is fair for both sides, and not just for your side.
How should for example, Palestinians compromise with a system of government that is based on a Jewish state in a land where foreign Jews have greater rights than indigenous non-Jews?
What kind of compromise is acceptable against such form of racism and also in compliance with the universal declaration of human rights?
How should one approach an understanding of this form of apartheid?
How does one understand such racism?
What makes this form of racism [against indigenous non-Jews] acceptable?
What makes Palestinians less relevant as indigenous peoples than any other? Is it because the genocide was not more thorough and their sheer numbers make them unacceptable as co-inhabitants? Would a greater Palestinian genocide ensure them their rights?
If 6 million Palestinians were massacred, would the remaining survivors be more deserving of living on their dispossessed lands? Or should we wait till all but a million are killed for them to be awarded a state?
Should we empathise with the Israeli desire to support war on unarmed Palestinians in order to reach a compromise that is acceptable to all?
[note: this post assumes that the UDHR is still considered valid as a gold standard of acceptable moral standards for interaction between human beings]
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