Everyone is quick to criticize Israel and question the Jewish peoples right to self determination. But we haven’t even looked at Palestine. What is Palestine? What are the issues surrounding Palestine?

What is Palestine?

Palestine is the supposed nation that claims to represent the Arab people living in Israel.

This is interesting to note, the Palestinians are not any different than the rest of the Arabic people in the region, they speak the same language, practice the same faith, and generally have the same culture. So what makes them different? Well, nothing. So then this begs the question, if there is nothing unique about the Palestinians, then why do they need their own state? The answer is, they don’t. This post will explain why.

There never was a Palestinian State.

Now, while many may think there was a Palestinian State created in 1948, that is actually wrong. “The Arab Higher Committee did not declare a state of its own and instead, together with Transjordan, Egypt, and the other members of the Arab League of the time, commenced military action resulting in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.” The Arab Higher Committee was the political representative of the Arabs in Palestine (The British Colony). The closest the Palestinians ever got to a country was the “All-Palestine Protectorate” which was only Egyptian occupied Gaza, this lasted less than a year before they lost all land and relocated to Egypt itself. In 1959, Egypt disbanded the Palestinian group when offered the Gaza Strip for themselves.

Furthermore, the Jordanians never supported the idea of a Palestinian State, maintaining the idea that it belongs to Egypt and Jordan. In fact, the first time Arab states were able to acquire any land in the region, Jordan annexed the West Bank and Egypt took the Gaza Strip. Any idea of a Palestinian State before what we have now, just isn’t historical. Go back as far as you want in history, it was owned by the Romans, then Muslims, then Crusaders, then Ottomans, and finally the British. So the idea that Palestine is being denied its historical independence is ludicrous.

Palestine is a failed state.

The first time Palestine has ever been independent, is when Israel gave it to them. Ever since Palestine was granted statehood, it has been fraught with instability and violence. Only twelve years after Palestine was granted limited independence in 1995, it fell into what some consider to be a civil war. In the Gaza Strip, leading political bloc, Fatah lost their majority in the government and were expelled in a violent coup by the more radical sect known as Hamas. This eventually lead to the creation of two Palestinian states, the Gaza Strip, led by Hamas, and the West Bank, led by Fatah. The instability of this system is very noticeable, as it has created unstable conditions for the country. The country has gotten to the point where in 2005 the European Union had to send police officers to help stabilize the country. Palestine is also heavily reliant on foreign funding to even exist. It is estimated that over half of its budget comes from foreign funding. This is only in the West Bank government though.

The situation in Hamas controlled Gaza is worse. Hamas is almost entirely dependent on foreign funding from Iran and other state backers of terror, furthermore, they struggle to function as a legitimate entity. The civil war in Gaza killed up to 118 people, which would be an American equivalent of over 4,000 people.

Palestine is toxic to the region.

Since 1948 there has been 9 wars, 17 total conflicts, 74,000 military deaths, and 18,000 civilian deaths, all because of Palestine. Many of these soldiers weren’t even Palestinian, they came from surrounding countries in the region dragged into offensive wars caused by Palestine. Of the 17 conflicts, 12 were Palestinian offensives, including the first war. This all could have been avoided if Palestine had declared its independence in 1948 and accepted the decolonization plan, like Israel.

Furthermore, Palestine refuses to end the conflict, they have responded to every significant international agreement with war and bloodshed. The Palestinians maintain a policy that the land of current day Israel is Arab land, which is rightfully theirs. They will only accept a solution where Palestine is in control of both countries, this is a dangerous policy that means only more bloodshed on both sides.

Palestine has entangled its neighbors in the conflict, convincing them to fight for a historical untruth. Because there was never a Palestinian State, the Israelis cannot be invaders. Furthermore, they were given independence by the British, meaning they were the inhabitants.

The Solution to the Palestine Problem.

The solution to the Palestine problem is clear, divide what is currently known as Palestine amongst the three legal successors of the British colonies. Egypt, Israel, and Jordan. As Palestine never declared independence after the decolonization, they cannot be a true successor of the colony. Furthermore, they are a failed state, meaning they cannot independently govern themselves. It would be illogical to ignore the significant number of Arabs living in the region, so they must be able to join other Arab states, Egypt and Jordan. The West Bank should be divided between Israel and Jordan, with Israel keeping the majority Jewish regions, and Jordan keeping the majority Arab regions. Egypt should get the Gaza Strip. With three stable nations controlling the region, peace and prosperity can finally come to the region known as Palestine.

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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatah-Hamas_conflict

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_political_violence

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union_Police_Mission_in_the_Palestinian_Territories

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_Palestine

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Gaza_(2007)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_National_Authority

https://www.jewishpolicycenter.org/2017/05/03/palestine-already-failed-state/

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab-Israeli_conflict