When the South African racist policy of Apartheid was scrapped, some white South Africans who call themselves "Afrikaners", demanded their own "homeland" to be carved out of South Africa. President Mandela is said to have asked them to define how an "Afrikaner" would be identified. You see, despite the Apartheid policy having been forcefully practised by the white regime, the people of South Africa had always answered nature's calling to MIX. The races inter-bred. And so the "pure Afrikaner", just like the "pure Zulu" can no longer be identified. The separatists never answered Mr Mandela!
I am human, and so I cannot help but question the philosophies that cause the kind of carnage that we witness in Palestine decade in and decade out!
What criterion should be used to determine citizenship of the "Two States" solution? What happens when a Jew converts to Islam, or when a muslim converts to Judaism? Sometimes proposals by powerful people/countries are not subjected to a thorough evaluation before they are splashed onto the world stage. I believe the "two states" solution is one such proposal. In my (insect's) view, it amounts to a permanent war in search of permanent peace. The only viable alternative is a secular Palestine, where Muslim, Jew and Christian will be able to aspire to be a leader of Palestine.
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