Reply #129: 'One state already is'? In what sense?

[LeftishBrit]

As I've said earlier, I do not see how settlement expansion in the last few years changes the nature of a solution. Because the settlements can be disbanded - and this is easier to do with recently-established ones than older ones. Anyone who moved into a settlement in the last 15 years *knew at the time* that a two-state solution was being discussed, which would mean the disbandment and evacuation of many settlements. They may not like it - but they went in with their eyes open. If both groups wish for a two-state solution, and are prepared to make the necessary sacrifices, they can achieve it.

Now: you have proposed the one-state solution, so how do you propose making it feasible? Is it OK for you if the Arabs and Jews kill each other on a far wider scale than has been happening so far? If not (and I believe not), how do you propose preventing it? Do you think that groups who, in your view, are too intransigent to achieve a two-state solution, can be persuaded to live peacefully together in one state? If so, how, and who will do the persuading, and - even if this could be achieved - how would it differ from any other form of colonialist coercion?