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Actually, as far as I understand it, most have historically preferred not to engage with the Israeli political system for ideological reasons. This is changing
by edanm 2y ago
Actually, as far as I understand it, most have historically preferred not to engage with the Israeli political system for ideological reasons. This is changing somewhat over the last few years.
Though I'm not a member of that group, so I don't want to misrepresent "their" views (and of course there is no such thing as "their" views, as you mentioned, they are a large and fairly diverse group).
> I doubt, for example, many of them are in favour of a one-state solution.
Why do you say that?
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago> Why do you say that? Israel is rich. Palestine is poor. It would be on par with a German or Korean reünification in terms of cost. Also, Israel has a relatively-liberal voting population. Palestine does not. One could have reasonable concerns around losing valued freedoms if a single Palestinian state drifts towards regional norms.
- xenospn 2y agoIsraeli Arabs know they have it much better in Israel than anywhere else in the region. They historically have been highly opposed to proposed land-swaps/unification deals with the PA.
- edanm 2y agoAgain, I'm not a Palestinian-Israeli. I'm sure some share that attitude, but considering that many have families that are "on the other side of the border", I think there's quite a few that do want one unified country with everyone having voting rights. It's been argued for quite eloquently by several very prominent Palestinian voices, too (not necessarily Palestinian-Israeli voices).
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago> there's quite a few that do want one unified country Of course. The original point was that they defy, as a community, summary.