[SJackson]

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[Aric2000]

Index marker, excellent article, thanks for posting it.

[agrace]

Good one, bump.

[Stefan Stackhouse]

The window of opportunity for the Israelis to implement this solution was immediately after the 1967 war. They could have simply built a bridge across the Jordan, and rounded up and herded all the Palestinian polulation across it then and have been done with this whole mess. Yes, the world would have hollered bloody murder, but no more so than it has done for the past 33 years anyway.

Israel's failure to do so when it had the chance was a failure of nerve, a failure which is bringing it dire consequences now. It is difficult to invision any scenario that could accomplish the desired outcome now. A realistic assessment of the situation would conclude that the best that the Israelis can hope to achieve now would be a permanent partition and absolute separation of the two populations by truly secure borders. Even that will not assure "peace", only "survival." Maybe if the Israelis survive for enough centuries, they will get another window of opportunity to take it all.

[iconoclast]

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[The KG9 Kid]

I'll be interested to see what the response on FR will be to this article.

About a year ago, I proposed the exact same solution mentioned above to ending the Palestinian/Iraeli conflict, and drew nothing but catcalls asking 'what planet are you from?!'.

[liberallarry]

His "history" is propaganda. His solution (Gandhi's solution, really) - transfer - is wonderful.

[who_would_fardels_bear]

My understanding is that there were specific individuals of Palestinian descent who happened to own land in what is now Israel. Most of those folks were not justly compensated for their property.

Talking about the rights of Palestinians and Israelis in general is all well and good, but what about the property rights of those who were kicked off their lands?

How can conservatives support the Israeli's in this conflict, UNLESS the Israeli's officially declare war and take the land as the spoils of war?

All this mealy-mouthed land for peace stuff is just groupthink and grouphug politics of the most odious kind.

[aruanan]

The 76% Solution (Jordan is Palestine and Palestine is Jordan, King Hussein)

More accurately: All of Jordan is Palestine. Most of Palestine is Jordan.