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[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 54 points 3 days ago (16 children)

Yeah, I don’t know how to solve the issues of two separate families feeling ownership for the same location (fifty years ago, a Palestinian family including several living members was evicted from a home, and an Israeli couple moved in and then died, leaving their property to their children who played no role in taking the property from the Palestinians), but the solution is not to deport all of the Israelis from the region.

My first instinct would be that the government would need to build a LOT of desirable housing and offer a cash incentive to all current and former residents to cede ownership claims to other properties in exchange for the deed to one of the newer properties, but it immediately occurs to me that the wealth difference between the average Palestinian family and the average Israeli family is probably large enough that there would essentially be a self-selection bias. Especially given the fact that poverty and food insecurity reduce our ability to make good financial decisions.

I can’t think of a resolution for that situation that doesn’t involve someone feeling resentful. I’m not saying they have equal claim- but I know that the descendants of settlers are also people, who don’t want to be evicted from the (stolen) houses in which they were raised, and sowing resentment has not helped the region in the past.

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[–] MITM0@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

But do the Israelis WANT to integrate though ?

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

No. But neither did the American South.

At some point, reality forces the issue.

[–] Deflated0ne@lemmy.world 20 points 2 days ago (9 children)

I hold equal disdain for all Abrahamic Religions.

They are a plague.

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[–] Kinperor@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 days ago (8 children)

It's my understanding that it is occurring naturally on its own, anyways?

A few reporting I've heard on Israel describes a state filled with dual-citizenship inhabitants that are used to first-world standard and would rather leave the country than deal with inconveniences. I oversimplify here, but who really wants to live in a genocidal state? Whether you're on board or not with the genocide, it's still a massive point of friction with neighbors.

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[–] PieMePlenty@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

Hating on the Israeli government is bound to attract "the other group who has similar things to say and a bit more". Now suddenly we are all group into the anti-semite barrel by Israel. Master class false dichotomy there.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I get the sentiment and I'd agree, but it would be so much easier if not over half the Israeli population is now supporting a genocide. You think they know better, of all people

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