While this is probably not your intention, Bruce, this is A grade flamebait. :)
On Sun, Dec 24, 2023 at 12:32 AM Bruce Metcalf via Silklist < [email protected]> wrote: Which brings me to the history of India (and Pakistan/Bangladesh). While > perhaps not a perfect analogy, and not (yet) a perfect solution, it is a > case of a nation that voluntarily separated along religious lines. > Without getting into some lengthy (and potentially tendentious) history, it can be argued that "voluntary" is stretching things a bit <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partition_of_India>. > My questions for this list: > > 1. Do you think that the history of India provides any helpful lessons > that could be applied to Israel? > The first lesson that comes to mind <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandatory_Palestine>is "don't trust the British <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Independence_Act_1947>" but that is of low value in resolving an existing situation. > 2. Do you think it reasonable for India to provide an occupying force to > separate the two parties and help effect the split (with UN approval, of > course)? Historically, this has not been a greatly successful strategy <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Peace_Keeping_Force>, with various undesirable outcomes. Udhay -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))
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