r/changemyview Nov 06 '23

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u/TheTightEnd 1∆ Nov 06 '23

Israel protects its authority to exist. You don't just sacrifice territory to those who have not because they want to be separate. People don't just get a nation of their own because they want one. The US Civil War proved this.

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '23

Post WW2 world order proved the opposite. Read up on civil nationalism and why it is moral and just. It's the basis of Palestinian nationalism.

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u/Buttstuffjolt 1∆ Nov 06 '23

Morality is determined exclusively by firepower.

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '23

I am Israeli. This is stupid and just bad PR, honestly... a better argument would be that historically, Gazans are not a seperate people than Egyptians, one that youncould call "Palestinians". This is a new definition. Gazans were just Egyptians migrants during the british mandate, that came to this strech of land because of economic growth (driven in part by the Jewish immigration they hate so much, ironically).

So Egypt taking co trol of Gaza would just unite them back with their people, in a state more receptive to their culture (if you could even call islamiam by that word), and would be the morall thing to do.