That border is tiny because of #RepeatedRejections of every settlement offer since #WWI by #Palestinians.
Every loss has made their situation worse than before ➡️ https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/111424459819186730
Fair warning: This is a very well-written, serious article, but it is rather long, and not for the #lazy 🙂
@specked is correct. Know meaning of #apartheid before hurling it around.
Apartheid in #SouthAfrica was based on #race, something that blacks have no control over
Treatment of #Arabs & #Palestinians in #Israel is based on their #behavior, something they have FULL control over, but propagandists like you try to blame it on others
Arabs had FULL agency when they negotiated freedom with #British during #WWI, but rejected what was offered to them
#British rebuffed #Zionism BEFORE #WWI ➡️ https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/111468900312146738
#Arab responsibility ➡️ https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/111486178954945118
#Religion ➡️ https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/111480502517989490
#CruxOfTheProblem is #Arabism ➡️ https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/111468754968378541
#BalfourDeclaration preserved Interest of Both Sides ➡️ https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/111496434887169377
Even AFTER BalfourDeclaration, Britain offered to keep Turkish Flag on Palestine in exchange for #Turkey leaving WWI, but Turkey refused. See attached.
You don't go to #LasVegas, gamble, lose everything, & then blame the casinos for "robbing" you. YOU alone are responsible for your loss.
#Arabs & #Palestinians jointly gambled against #TwoStateSolution & #Israel, lost MULTIPLE wars, & #territory along with that.
That's not colonization. That's a military loss for which Palestinians and ONLY Palestinians are to blame.
#Settlements are a different problem. Not the root problem, which is still #Arabism.
Ramesh #NotGoingBack