Sorry, I guess I expressed myself confusingly, the parts about “people who lived in south vs north”, “5% and 95%”, and “20% of population, but a majority in 0% of cities” were all meant only as illustrative examples of what I meant by fair vs unfair division of a territory, not statements on the specific number of people in actual Palestine and their historical locations.
Also, it’s not like they are discriminating against their Arab citizens (20% of today’s population).
Some people disagree with this statement, but unfortunately I don’t the time to figure out who is wrong here. Seemingly no one can agree even on the basic facts, so every single sentence anyone says on this topic needs to be verified. The weekend is over, I am out of time. :(
I have no idea whether that kind of land would be viable from the military point of view. The long thin stretch of blue seems like really hard to defend.
I agree. I am not good at geography, but there seem to be no natural borders in that area, except for the river Jordan.
On the other hand, compared to some fractal-like proposals I have seen, that one seems unbelievably simple.
Another problem seems to be that the areas where both sides live are economically interconnected, so you can’t simply “build a wall” between them. (I think so. Maybe I am wrong here.) My reasoning is that if you build a wall and stop interacting across it, at some point it becomes boring to keep yelling at the wall. But if thousands of people cross the border every day, that is thousand opportunities for some petty aggression to escalate, and a daily reminder how much your enemies suck. (“Good fences make good neighbors.”) Again, I know too little about the commerce in the area to propose a natural place where a wall could be built. Maybe there is no such place.
Sorry, I guess I expressed myself confusingly, the parts about “people who lived in south vs north”, “5% and 95%”, and “20% of population, but a majority in 0% of cities” were all meant only as illustrative examples of what I meant by fair vs unfair division of a territory, not statements on the specific number of people in actual Palestine and their historical locations.
Some people disagree with this statement, but unfortunately I don’t the time to figure out who is wrong here. Seemingly no one can agree even on the basic facts, so every single sentence anyone says on this topic needs to be verified. The weekend is over, I am out of time. :(
I agree. I am not good at geography, but there seem to be no natural borders in that area, except for the river Jordan.
On the other hand, compared to some fractal-like proposals I have seen, that one seems unbelievably simple.
Another problem seems to be that the areas where both sides live are economically interconnected, so you can’t simply “build a wall” between them. (I think so. Maybe I am wrong here.) My reasoning is that if you build a wall and stop interacting across it, at some point it becomes boring to keep yelling at the wall. But if thousands of people cross the border every day, that is thousand opportunities for some petty aggression to escalate, and a daily reminder how much your enemies suck. (“Good fences make good neighbors.”) Again, I know too little about the commerce in the area to propose a natural place where a wall could be built. Maybe there is no such place.