It (
Israel) doesn't have it's neighbors surrounded on all sides. They
don't control the electricity or the communication of their neighbors. They don't have a cosmic entitlement to their neighbors land. They don't have control of their neighbors borders. The don't have complete dominion over their neighbors. If any of those variables were at play in regards to their neighbors, their
relationship with their neighbors and their ability to male peace would radically change.
Hym "Do their neighbors have full self-determination? What does their ability to make peace with
people they haven't subjugated have to do with anything going on right now? The argument is 'They make peace with their neighbors and they bend to international pressure and therefore are better than Hamas' but to what extent can the Palestinian authority negotiate peace with other countries? Can they join Nato? Ukraine can't and they tried to do it anyway. Can they sell their natural
gas to Egypt? Would
Israel allow them to negotiate peace? Would Israel negotiate with Hamas (obviously before oct 7th)? No? How can you judge the ability of captured state to negotiate peace when there is no one to with whom to negotiate except for the
people who have occupied them and the
people who are antagonistic toward the
people who occupied them? Let's say you get Hamas out of there. What makes you think the next authority
will be any less antagonistic to the zionist state? And what is their role in the Gaza strip? They need to elect a new authoritative body. One that
will just shut up amd accept subjugation by Israel. And then... If their
good... THEN the Jews
will increase the amount of rations they're afforded? When can they start selling their natural
gas to other countries? What about freedom of movement? Do they ever get that? So no. There ability to negotiate peace stems from having a level of agency the Palestinians lack and does nothing to detract from what they're doing now."
