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I'm a pusher-backer against the "two-state solution is suddenly bad" thing
I've believed that a single-state is the only viable solution for a while now, so I'm curious what you mean by this. Are there issues with a one-state outcome that you feel are absent from or more tractable in a two-state outcome? Or do you think that a two-state outcome is just more readily possible and that the problems inherent to it can be overcome? I guess where I come down on it is that a two-state outcome doesn't necessarily or readily address the problem of continued Israeli antipathy and colonial activity. While a one-state outcome wouldn't necessarily address this, I do think it more readily can, provided that the circumstances of its formation give power to the Palestinian population and disempower Zionists. Not to oversimplify or to say that any of this will be easy to achieve or will be particularly graceful even under ideal circumstances.
Exactly, Israel cannot be trusted to uphold a two state solution, probably never could.
Not the user you asked, but I just just don't see a single state solution being viable given how much support Israel gets from the USA and it's allies, and given the amount of polarisation between Israel and Palestine. So yeah I think a two state outcome is more readily possible.
How is a two state solution more possible when Israel has spent its existence actively opposed to and working against the concept?
There’s a tendency to assume that Israel’s existence makes the 2 state easier, rather than harder