Can Israel and Palestine Coexist? | Peter Hitchens

Peter Hitchens and John discuss the issues with a two state solution to the Israel and Palestine conflict (from 2023).

Hitchens currently writes for The Mail on Sunday and has contributed to numerous other newspaper outlets. He has published various books, including The Abolition of Britain, The Rage Against God, The War We Never Fought, The Phoney Victory, and his most recent book, A Revolution Betrayed: How Egalitarians Wrecked the British Education System.
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[Songbirdstress]

No two state solution is possible as long as one side wants the destruction of the other.

[samsonkatsman]

There is already the Arab Palestinian state - Jordan. That's it.

[Gaskinmoo]

Maybe what you should be asking is can Islam and the modern world co-exist.

[rosierose]

Palestine was always a general territory never a country (initially named by the Romans as Syria-Palestina, post the Jewish Revolt of approx 135 AD). With the end of the Ottoman Empire after WW1, the British mandate of Palestine comprising both current Israel and Jordan was going to be the Jewish homeland.

After WW1, the British initially placed Prince Faisal bin Hussein as King in Damascus as promised. However the French objected and Faisal was then made King of the new country Iraq. The British then split off 2/3 of its Palestine Mandate and placed Faisal’s brother Abdullah bin Hussein as king of the new country of Jordan. 1/3 was left for the Jewish homeland which was fulfilled after WW2.

In land mass Israel is a very small country. It fits approx 3.3 times into Australia’s smallest state, Tasmania.

[sanityandlogic]

Comparing Israel to France and Algeria is absurd. The Jews are not colonists in Israel. The Muslims are.

[byronbailey]

West Bank is Judea which is the homeland of the Jews after which they are called.

[VKAB-]

The two state solution has been proposed multiple times and it has been rejected multiple times. The following:- Iran/IRGC, Hezbollah, Liwa Zainebiyoun, Liwa Fatemiyoun, PIJ, Kata'ib Hezbollah, Asa'ib AHL Al-Haq, Harakat Hezbollah Al - Nunjaba, Houthis, Abu Ali Mustapha Brigades and Al - Aqsa martyrs brigade are committed to the destruction of Israel and its people. This has been their stated position for DECADES. There is no negotiation to be had with people that have the same goal as Nazi Germany. Those that engage in intellectual chess should try living in Israel.

[byronbailey]

Hamas took encouragement from Australian anti Israel conduct by foreign minister Wong.

[tonycoker]

If you think Palestinians and Israelis can live next to each other peacefully then my friend you are totally deuded did you not see what happened on Oct 7.

[AlphaOmega]

THE TWO STATE SOLUTION WILL NEVER, EVER WORK. SO, STOP PUSHING IT. AD.

[kennbmondo]

NO. STOP TALKING ABOUT IT AS A 2 STATE SOLUTION IT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN?

[darthvaper]

There’s no such thing as Palestinians

Arafat the inventor of Palestinians was was Egyptian born in Cairo that says everything u need to know

[ไอ้พวกอิสลาม]

Palestinians should go to Jordan. Israelis should stay in the Holy Land.

[gabayvip]

Jordan is Palestine. There will be no Palestinian entity west of the Jordan river.

[BohemianAndy]

I wish Christopher Hitchens was still alive

[rogeralsop]

A thinker - I don't think the BBC likes him.

[michaelschneider]

From river to sea is not a 2 state solution.

[john-danielmunoz]

There is no will among the people on either side or among the leadership of either side for a two state solution at the moment. Only 33% of Palestinians and 34% of Israelis even want a 2 state solution anymore, and the Netanyahu government obviously doesn't want it, and Hamas and the PA obviously don't want it. The majority of palestinians have never wanted it, and after the 2nd intifada in 2000, which followed an offer of a Palestinian state by Ehud Barak, Israelis have realized that Palestinians will never accept a realistic 2 state solution because they are brainwashed into believing they are entitled to all the land. Israelis fear that Palestinians will just use a state as a better vantage point to attack Israel from. I don't see any possible solution to the conflict. Because a one state solution would be a disaster and make the former Yugoslavia look like a peaceful place, and a two state solution is currently impossible without a major psychological and political shift on both sides.

[sh]

As an israeli i agree 100% with this view. It is very refreshing to see someone say this out load. The only solution will be a Palestinian autonomy in the west bank and gaza in areas a+ b. Thats an informal solution that is not perfect but will let people get on with their lives. That, in my opinion, is the maximum co existence that israelis and Palestinians will ever reach

[noweternity]

Peter Hitchens regularly has very good foresight.