Instead of mass deportation, declare Information War on the Palestinians (just as the Arabs have done to the world).

That means siccing the PC police on the Muslim religion.

Hatred and discimination against the Jew and Infidel coming from a mosque? Banned. The mullah loses his license to preach and the mosque is fined a very heavy sum.

Hatred and discimination against the Jew and Infidel coming from a Cable or Broadcast Channel? Banned. The television companies involved is fined a very heavy sum. Further infractions will result in jamming their transmission in the said country.

Hatred and discimination against the Jew and Infidel coming from a School?
Banned. Heavy fines for any school doing such behavior. Further infractions will result in the school being closed.

Though this may not be like the Civil Rights movement in the US, the tools are very similiar.

With time, the hard core haters will move to a more pleasant eviroment: like Saudi Arabia.

You are offering a worst-case scenario, and Israel isn’t in a worst-case scenario.

I offer you a question in return: How do you transfer millions of unwilling people? There is no possible way to transfer the palestinian population without bloodshed and world condemnation. The world would not just condemn; odds are they would intervene. At the very least, say hello to a boycott of all things Israeli. Israel cannot survive on her own.

The number of Israeli Arabs involved in terrorism is still tiny. And Israeli Arabs have said they don’t want to join the palestinian state. You are conflating two groups that should not be conflated.

Obviously, if your worst-case scenario came into being, of course I would choose survival. But I don’t see it happening.

a) There is a large, hostile Palestinian population within any viable potential borders of Israel.
– Disclaimer: this does not mean all, or even majority. It does mean significant numbers.
b) This population will be encouraged to terrorism by external elements.
c) Tools of terrorism are readily available. Consider that every structure in Israel is sitting on multiple containers of compressed gas.
Consider that the country is swimming in weapons and armament. And consider that a kitchen knife is a lethal weapon, as is an automobile.
d) There is very little cost, and high return for acts of sabotage and terrorism. If you are captured, you will be exchanged for captured Israeli soldiers; if killed, you will be in paradise. In either case, you are a hero.
e) The controllers of terrorism have just discovered a new defensive mechanism: the human shield.

Can a country exist fighting a multi-front war with one hand tied behind its back, while that selfsame back is exposed to internal enemies? What happens to morale? Is the entire country to become a Sderot, sacrificed for an ideal while the government criticizes anybody who offers help on a private basis?

The ultimate question I intended to ask is: if the only choice was transfer versus survival, what choice would you make?

BTW, I am an US-Israeli citizen who happened to be born in the USA and has been stranded in the USA for the past six years for personal and financial reasons. I would return in a moment if the option was available. (Of course, that’s easy to say…) But I think I know the spirit of the average Israeli after a half-century of attrition and stress on the one hand, and governmental corruption and incompetence on the other.

If every significant defensive option is proscribed by ethical considerations, what happened to the ethical consideration of survival?
I was not attacking your position. I was sincerely seeking an alternative. I am sorry you do not have one to present.

Points for saying “please,” but that’s all you’re going to get.

I don’t do PC, Yehuda. I state my opinions, regardless of whether people like them or not.

What makes you add that disclaimer about R Kahana at the end? Is there anything in particular that he said that you don’t agree with? Or was that added simply because you think it is PC to do it?

Yehuda

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