Deaths of the "no-state" Palestinians are Proportional to Life of the Two State Solution.

Never cited by the ethnic separators is that the protests don't specifically originate from ethnic rivalries. The ethnic character is a side issue to the regional characteristics; many nations have been formed by uniting regions that contained specific ethnicities. Regions that are not obtaining a fair share of the economic pie have erupted with demands for more autonomy or independence. It is not the ethnic difference that incites rebellion; it is the economic difference.

 

Take Catalonia, Spain as an example. Yes, the Catalans have   a slightly different language and history than other Spaniards -- ethnically similar but not identical. However, those are not the problems. Catalonia is the most prosperous and self-sufficient economic region in Spain -- fortunate manufacturing, agriculture and tourism. What gripes the Catalans is that their economic riches support the deficient Madrid central administration and much of other Spain -- the return on their own efforts are inconsistent with their efforts. Catalans have concluded they don't need the others and would be better off if economically separated. Unlike Israel, where Jews hardly traffic with Palestinians and refuse to live among them, in Spain, the Catalans mix comfortably with other Spaniards -- Andalucian, Gallego, Basque and Castilian.

 

If anyone wants to find a place in the world where an ethnic minority does its utmost to live in harmony with the majority, visit Israel -- no better place to observe how members of the Arab ethnic minority remain perfect citizens despite the hostility from the majority. By promoting a philosophy that it is the nature of ethnicities to separate, the Israeli Jews, who have no economic conflict, (Israeli Arabs can complain) rationalize their prejudices and apartheid complex.

 

NO, THE two-state solution is not dead. It cannot die, because it is the only solution there is.

 

The resolution of the crisis proceeds if the world learns the true history of the crisis and understands where the obfuscation has led -- to continuous wars and destruction of the Palestinian people. If the Zionists realized their prominent role in causing the crisis, and made amends, then the course of history might dislodge the impediments to a just resolution.   Because its continued mention drowns out discussion on other relevant resolutions, the two-state solution will not disappear until after the Palestinian community fades into history.

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