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syria not a big surprise imo after trump showered their new president with praise a couple months ago. clearly they had something worked out then in a closed door meeting.
 
Wayward DP said:
still, pretty significant. first time in its history Israel will have peaceful relations with all its neighbours.
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yeah it's pretty great. Assad going down was a huge deal. Of course, it all depends on if this new guy can actually keep control of syria or not. Though i'm guessing he's getting plenty of money from the US now to keep control of all the rebel groups. Which is better than a russian puppet like assad at least.

So much of this (syria and iran) has to do with russia no longer being able to support it's mideast puppet states I think. Not sure there's a surer sign of the success of ukraine's defense than the complete impotence of the russian puppets in the mideast. Putin's had to completely abandon them, and that's pretty crazy cuz you know vladdy knows the importance of that mideast influence to his dreams of international strength.
 
Honest question for the class:

If Iran's nuke program has been significantly hit, and their financial influence even more so so that they can't seem to support the likes of Hamas or Hezbollah anymore, does that get rid of the argument against a 2-state solution?
 
zeke said:
Honest question for the class:

If Iran's nuke program has been significantly hit, and their financial influence even more so so that they can't seem to support the likes of Hamas or Hezbollah anymore, does that get rid of the argument against a 2-state solution?
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no. there needs to be a viable 'partner' representing the Palestinians before there can be a two-state solution IMO.

which could be the PA (reformed and hopefully under new leadership). but not as long as Hamas is entrenched in Gaza. at least those are my thoughts
 
to be clear, I do think a two-state solution is the best resolution to the conflict. I just struggle to see the conditions on the ground to implement it, at this point. which is of course largely by Bibi's design.
 
Wayward DP said:
no. there needs to be a viable 'partner' representing the Palestinians before there can be a two-state solution IMO.

which could be the PA (reformed and hopefully under new leadership). but not as long as Hamas is entrenched in Gaza. at least those are my thoughts
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but Hamas is largely impotent militarily without Iran's support, no?
 
zeke said:
but Hamas is largely impotent militarily without Iran's support, no?
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sure, but they're still the de facto authority on the ground in Gaza. until that changes, I don't see how there can be any lasting or effective peace.

it's been the problem from day one, and part of why I suspect bibi deliberately never came up with a 'day after' plan.
 
Wayward DP said:
sure, but they're still the de facto authority on the ground in Gaza. until that changes, I don't see how there can be any lasting or effective peace.

it's been the problem from day one, and part of why I suspect bibi deliberately never came up with a 'day after' plan.
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I thought the problem was that Hamas was just a front for Iran?

surely hamas isn't going to attack israel without iran's support?
 
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