<<I'd say that Israel, somehow, is a Palestinian state>>
Surely you don’t advocate forcing two mutually hostile ethnic groups into one state? If there ever was a recipe for endless bloodshed…
Palestinians say they want self-determination, who am I to say no. I don’t think their state would be viable, not without industry or any resources or water, not with 7.5 children per family, not with corrupt thugs like Arafat in power. Eventually Gaza will revert back to Egypt, and West Bank – to Jordan.
<<as far as economics is concerned, Israel will dominate the area as the chief economic operator>>
As far as Israel’s economic dominance – well, they have nothing to apologize about. Arabs have 70 times more people, 400 times more land, enormous resources. You tell me why they lag behind. And, please, no excuses about western colonialism; perhaps the problem is totalitarianism and religious fanaticism of their governments.
Personally, I don’t like Israeli dependence on foreign labor. Even if the relationship is symbiotic, the idea of deriving any economic benefit from someone’s poverty makes me uncomfortable. But I guess this is the way of modern world economy – some countries provide high-tech products, others – cheap labor, what with Germany with its Turks, France with its Arabs, US with its Mexican migrant workers, Israel with its Romanians, or Kuwait with its Bangladeshis. |
