Sadly shown is that, even if Israel retreated to armistice lines from almost 60 years ago and from half of its capital city, an indigenous Jewish city and capital millennia ago, then, even after such concessions, a strong majority of the Palestinian Arabic community (61%) would still oppose recognition of Israel. Especially disappointing given those concessions (and more) were available a century ago, 78 years ago, even half-century, but universally rejected by a vocal majority’s centuries-long refusal to accept any Jewish people there, and now they’re impossible.
Also disappointing: The study’s report indicated no question was asked regarding realistic settlements — each sides’ accepting current boundaries, maintaining a democratically elected government as the only authorized armed forces, and robustly preventing incursions from its side.
Also, people living in Gaza appear significantly more inclined to accommodate than people not on the “front lines.” This disparity appears often in wars and is certainly seen with segments of the “pro-Palestinian” movement abroad, where many advocate elimination of Israel, “from the river to the sea,” “by any means necessary”; none of them suffers directly from the inevitable horrific casualties that result from that sort of armed confrontation, deeply embedded among civilians, that Hamas is perpetrating on Israel. A different truly “pro” position might be supporting Palestinian accommodation and rejection of Hamas.
All is troubling with magnification of hatred against the tiny Jewish minority (0.01%) left surviving three millennia of a large portion of the world’s hating, and almost 1.5 millennia of a large portion of the Islamic people’s hating, on them.
Sadly shown is that, even if Israel retreated to armistice lines from almost 60 years ago and from half of its capital city, an indigenous Jewish city and capital millennia ago, then, even after such concessions, a strong majority of the Palestinian Arabic community (61%) would still oppose recognition of Israel. Especially disappointing given those concessions (and more) were available a century ago, 78 years ago, even half-century, but universally rejected by a vocal majority’s centuries-long refusal to accept any Jewish people there, and now they’re impossible.
Also disappointing: The study’s report indicated no question was asked regarding realistic settlements — each sides’ accepting current boundaries, maintaining a democratically elected government as the only authorized armed forces, and robustly preventing incursions from its side.
Also, people living in Gaza appear significantly more inclined to accommodate than people not on the “front lines.” This disparity appears often in wars and is certainly seen with segments of the “pro-Palestinian” movement abroad, where many advocate elimination of Israel, “from the river to the sea,” “by any means necessary”; none of them suffers directly from the inevitable horrific casualties that result from that sort of armed confrontation, deeply embedded among civilians, that Hamas is perpetrating on Israel. A different truly “pro” position might be supporting Palestinian accommodation and rejection of Hamas.
All is troubling with magnification of hatred against the tiny Jewish minority (0.01%) left surviving three millennia of a large portion of the world’s hating, and almost 1.5 millennia of a large portion of the Islamic people’s hating, on them.