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Originally posted by taxwonk
"We're going to bomb your civilian airport because you need to learn to exercise more military power within your borders."

Hey, it might work.

"Hey -- an army that is within your borders and affiliated with your government is bombing our farms and cities and kidnapping our soldiers, so we are going to bomb the airfield that is used to supply them." Makes sense to me.

Mass deportations would not have been tolerated by the world community and would have increased hostilities.

And taking a different route decreased hostilities... except for the persistent rocket fire and kidnappings, of course.

And Israel did not withdraw from Gaza because they wanted to keep a Jewish majority inb Israel. The withdrawal was the only possible move because the Palestinians will not accept anything less than their own independent state, just as Israel insists on its own independent state.

Yep. And Israel has repeatedly demonstrated its willingness to have two states -- provided that neither one is dropping bombs on the other. It is Palestinian factions, and supporting Arab states and Iran, that insist that Israel be driven off the map. As they have done for at least 40 years now.

What makes the problem so intractable is that both sides want the same territory for their independent state and both sides have a colorable claim to the land.

This is wrong. Again, Israel has repeatedly demonstrated, over the decades, a willingness to allow a Palestinian state. But far too many Palestinian, Arab, and Irani leaders insist that Israel cease to exist.