The Western nation-state is a model foreign to the Middle East. Those places at peace rely on emirate or clan models. There has been recent talk of allied emirates instead of a Palestinian State, but the proposal has been around for many years by Mordechai Kedar and the clans themselves.
Recall way back when that newly-elected Hamas threw Palestinian Authority figures from Ramallah off the tops of tall buildings in Gaza. That’s a real rivalry.
Yep. That speaks to why I sorta see Israel in the middle east like the European settlers of North America. They pushed out the indigenous “campers” and created civilization.
Now that Israel has FINALLY abandoned “land for Peace”, I’m looking forward to them simply annexing Gaza and the West Bank and turning the whole area into a middle eastern oasis.
And Arabs will be as welcome there as they are in the current Israel. But they need to be careful that they don’t become the next South Africa.