RE: A single democratic state in Palestine ... Here's a problem I have had ever since many people have (perhaps rightly --- I am relatively ignorant) concluded that a two-state solution is impossible....
Can different "groups" however identified --- either racially as in the US --- European-American and various Peoples of Color --- ethnically as in French vs. English Canada --- etc. --- can there truly be a fully democratic system where these two groups live together without one group completely dominating the other? I mean is Switzerland an example where that happens? Has post-Apartheid South Africa proven that it is possible? After all the murder and mayhem between Israeli Jews and Palestinian Christians and Muslims can they come together in a democratic secular state? Despite the partition of India and Pakistan, I knew many Indians who have told me that INDIA at least is a secular state where Muslims have full citizenship rights --- has that REALLY been true with Modi CHANGING things or has Modi just made explict what has always been implicit? I am REALLY asking the "nationality" question ---- Even if a two-state solution is unfair and unjust --- isn't it likely that a single democratic state is completely impossible --- that NEITHER group will accept it no matter what the "law" says --- Post 1960s US was supposed to finally put second-class citizenship for African Americans behind us --- but blacks continue to be killing by cops disproportionately and voter suppression is alive and well --- ALMOST 60 years after the Voting RIghts Act was passed. I am not asking this as rhetoric ---- I really do wonder if the fires of "nationalism" really interfere with people living together in peace in true democracy .... On Mon, Apr 22, 2024 at 11:56 AM Dennis Brasky via groups.io <dmozart1756= gmail....@groups.io> wrote: > The Two-State solution mantra has allowed policymakers to avoid > confronting the reality that partition is unattainable in the case of > Israel and Palestine, and illegitimate as an arrangement originally imposed > on Palestinians without their consent. > > > https://portside.org/2024-04-21/two-state-solution-unjust-impossible-fantasy > > > _._ > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#30040): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/30040 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/105672267/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: marxmail+ow...@groups.io Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
