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If a one-state solution does

Submitted by joeturner on 9 May 2007 - 3:57pm.

If a one-state solution does not work, then there is no hope. Palestinians do not currently have enough land to build a viable state, never mind anything else.

I would also say that there is very little economic incentive for Israeli companies to want peace at the moment. Many many Palestinian businesses were dependent on Israeli buyers, yet these have mostly drifted away with the intifada and the Israelis have found partners elsewhere. Today there is a dependancy of Palestinian manufacturers on Israelis (either as a direct market or to sell on their products) but I believe that Israel can survive without the Palestinians.

Something needs to change very quickly or we are faced with the possibility of imminent and catastrophic economic meltdown.

Palestinans generally exist in a form of collective depression. They have given up believing that there is any hope that their lives can get better. And that, I would suggest, is an extremely dangerous state to be in.

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