[bjornsing]

As it’s not clear to me how this goal could possibly be accomplished I can’t refer to any specific international law. But the spirit of the law does not allow for the indefinite subjugation of a neighboring people, regardless of what some of them have done.

[ashirusnw]

It's impossible to describe Gaza 2005-2022 as indefinite subjugation. Quite the opposite. It could have become Singapore if not for Hamas.

[bjornsing]

> It's impossible to describe Gaza 2005-2022 as indefinite subjugation.

I wasn’t. I was describing Gaza 2023- under a regime that can guarantee nothing like October 7 can ever happen again as indefinite subjugation.

[covercash]

Then why isn’t the West Bank Singapore?

[pgeorgi]

Abbas is no Lee Kuan Yew, and that comparison is already way more charitable than Abbas deserves...

Wikipedia describes Lee as such: "Lee oversaw Singapore's transformation into a developed country with a high-income economy within his premiership. In the process, he forged a highly effective, anti-corrupt government and civil service. Lee eschewed populist policies in favour of long-term social and economic planning, championing civic nationalism through meritocracy[3] and multiracialism[4][5] as governing principles, making English the lingua franca[6] to integrate its immigrant society and to facilitate trade with the world, whilst mandating bilingualism in schools to preserve the students' mother tongue and ethnic identity."

That's a forward looking vision, not a backwards looking vision like the "Palestinian cause" that seems to end with restitution.

Would any politician with such a vision like Lee's even have a chance with Palestine's electorate? No idea, elections were last held in 2006...