@ Adam
Thank you for the very detailed explanation. Still, I don't feel that you addressed my point.
1.) The main issue of the whole conflict, if I understand it correctly, are the Israeli communities living on the land which is envisioned to become the Palestinian state. The most often voiced demand therefore is for Israel to withdraw from these territories. This is exactly what happened in Gaza, even if, arguably, not in the best possible manner. Nevertheless, the main requirement for a peaceful solution has been met. Yet, the result doesn't look very promising.
What is to do, purely hypothetical, if after reaching an agreement with the PA and withdrawing from the West Bank, the result would be similar to Gaza?
2.) What I was thinking about was less the legal aspects but more the personal motivation. Why do people emigrate? A decision to leave your home is never an easy one. Only a small fraction does so because of ideological reasons. Most people living in Israel today came or are descendants of immigrants from Muslim countries and the ex-USSR, where they weren't treated particularly well. And just because some of them still have the e.g. Russian citizenship doesn't really mean they have "another home" and are welcome to return.
Let us assume that tomorrow Israel completely withdraws from the West Bank and East Jerusalem. A hypothetical question: What is to do if the situation in the West Bank will follow the same development as the condition in Gaza and South Lebanon?
Are you sure that people who have citizenship of another country have somewhere to return to? And that they would be welcomed back? What were the reasons for them to emigrate in the first place?
Are you implying that the only reason for Israeli emigration is the "scary militarism" of the country? Perhaps other factors, like the climate, or better economic prospects elsewhere, are also playing a role? Or can it be, that some Israeli families are more concerned with the safety of their children than with the well being of their country?
@ Adam
Thank you for the very detailed explanation. Still, I don't feel that you addressed my point.
1.) The main issue of the whole conflict, if I understand it correctly, are the Israeli communities living on the land which is envisioned to become the Palestinian state. The most often voiced demand therefore is for Israel to withdraw from these territories. This is exactly what happened in Gaza, even if, arguably, not in the best possible manner. Nevertheless, the main requirement for a peaceful solution has been met. Yet, the result doesn't look very promising.
What is to do, purely hypothetical, if after reaching an agreement with the PA and withdrawing from the West Bank, the result would be similar to Gaza?
2.) What I was thinking about was less the legal aspects but more the personal motivation. Why do people emigrate? A decision to leave your home is never an easy one. Only a small fraction does so because of ideological reasons. Most people living in Israel today came or are descendants of immigrants from Muslim countries and the ex-USSR, where they weren't treated particularly well. And just because some of them still have the e.g. Russian citizenship doesn't really mean they have "another home" and are welcome to return.
Let us assume that tomorrow Israel completely withdraws from the West Bank and East Jerusalem. A hypothetical question: What is to do if the situation in the West Bank will follow the same development as the condition in Gaza and South Lebanon?
Are you sure that people who have citizenship of another country have somewhere to return to? And that they would be welcomed back? What were the reasons for them to emigrate in the first place?
Are you implying that the only reason for Israeli emigration is the "scary militarism" of the country? Perhaps other factors, like the climate, or better economic prospects elsewhere, are also playing a role? Or can it be, that some Israeli families are more concerned with the safety of their children than with the well being of their country?
If Zionism is a form of colonialism and Jews, therefore, should give it up and leave Palestine, where should they return to?