Comment on Honest question: what was Hamas' long-game with respect to kidnapping Israelis? Did they think Israel would just negotiate rather than retaliate?

• BrerChicken@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I’m sorry but this is simply not correct. Some people in the Israeli government in the past have agreed to a 2-state solution, but extremist Israelis kept revolting. Yitzhak Rabim was literally assassinated by an extremist Israeli for signing and supporting the Oslo accords.

  Most Israelis and Arabs recognize the need for a 2 state solution, but the Israeli government is not on board right now. And whoever makes any kind of moves in that direction gets pushed out pretty quickly.

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  • corgi@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    It’s not right now, that’s true. Both sides are moving more extreme and away from a peaceful solution. But was historically Arabs were far less open to the idea of two state solution. Starting with the partition plan of 1947.

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• gmtom@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Citation needed

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  • corgi@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Wikipedia has pretty detailed account of Israel Palestine conflict including all the sources

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