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There is some sense to this, even if it might take decades to take effect. Educated people who have a cushy life to lose don't become suicide bombers. However,
by karmakurtisaani 3y ago
There is some sense to this, even if it might take decades to take effect. Educated people who have a cushy life to lose don't become suicide bombers.
However, the current attack on Gaza is guaranteeing support for Hamas for decades to come.
- ramesh31 3y ago>However, the current attack on Gaza is guaranteeing support for Hamas for decades to come. It's just a matter of incentives. We could pay every adult in Gaza a salary of $40k for less than the military aid package that just passed. Imagine a world where you say something like "for every 1% reduction in Hamas attacks, you guys will get a 1% raise this year". Couple that with a forced end to the apartheid, and overwhelming foreign investment in infrastructure, and I can't see how things wouldn't work. The alternative has been tried for decades, at much greater expense. You couldn't buy the Nazis out of invading Europe. You couldn't buy the Russians out of invading Ukraine. But you could totally buy the Palestinian people into giving up Hamas. They just need hope and a plan. It's not intractable, just a matter of will.
- karmakurtisaani 3y agoHow about this: we support Hamas financially in order to keep Gaza and West Bank separated. Then we increase settlements on the West Bank while the international community turns a blind eye. What could go wrong? Wait, I think Bibi already tried something like that. What I'm trying to say here is that the Israeli would have to be incentiviced to allow for a strong and independent Palestine as well. It's certainly not in their interests.