You mean a unified state? I interpreted the question as explicitly a Palestinian one, so assuming a 2 state solution. A unified state with constitutional protections may work too, although it would take a lot of trust that I don't think really exists right now. It may still happen though via simple amexation and naturalization by Israel. It's what happened with the Palestinians remaining in Israel after the 48 war hence about a 20% Palestinian Israeli population today.
I'm going to assume that this has to be at least somewhat realistic as opposed to something like 67 borders and a peaceful democratic state where we're all happy with free movement and work for everyone with Israel.
I would probably start with taking a deal, probably wait until the next Israeli government, try to get as much land as possible and maybe even see about purchasing some from the other countries like Egypt that's unpopulated or barely populated. In exchange I would probably have to agree let the IDF in to fight the various terrorists groups that currently exist which would be to my benefit because they would be trying to kill me too. In fact, I would leverage the desire for a stable Palestine to get as much Israeli involvement as possible. I would negotiate reperations for the suffering that my people went through and request all the international money to be transferred to the new government. This will be used to improve living conditions for everyone first and foremost. There would also have to be a high amount of transparency to keep trust.
Then I would have to figure out how to sort out the various clans which wouldn't want to give up power. I would probably try creating some sort of Parliament with representatives from all the major clans and even try to get all the minor clans in. I wouldn't turn power over to them off the bat, but I would let then be involved in decision making processes to start with and hard commitments to turn over power later. They probably won't trust me, but I still have all the power and they get to watch me keep my word for a few years to hopefully build trust.
I then tackle the housing crisis and start several social programs to reduce poverty with my big pile of reperation money. Around this time I declare full right of return for Palestinian diaspora. Construction would also generate a bunch of jobs. I would completely reform the education system to be child oriented and also remove all the anti-semitic garbage. History especially would focus on the positives of having a state and being able to succeed on our own land as the Palestinian people. Child abuse and especially honor killings would be cracked down upon along with a full commitment to universal human rights. It would be a slow process to change the culture, but it's doable.
A lot of Palestinians already have jobs in Israel and I would work directly with Israel to make sure they they don't loose those and even create a government office to coordinate job opportunities across the boarder both ways. De-radicalization on both sides will be greatly helped by just experiencing each other as reasonable people. There are also plenty of left wing Israeli NGOs that would be happy to help. I would also piggyback off of Israel's vibrant tech and medical sectors to utilize my already highly educated population to build out our own too.
As time goes on and I deliver on promises, I can start turning over power to Parliament and declare elections for the members. The clans wouldn't want to be voted out, so I would sell it to them as increasing their legitimacy now that they're getting power and then support their campaigns to get them officially elected. Now that I've generated some reasonable stability for several years and the Israeli government starts to relax a bit, I start building out my own security forces and even doing joint exercises to build trust.
After probably about 20 years, I'll have been able to build Palestinian nationalism to the point that they're proud of their country and participate and demand a Democratic government which I'm delivering on. There will always be radicals, but they should be minimal and joint Intel sharing with Israel should help keep the bulk of them from committing any atrocities.
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I don't think that this is particularly likely to happen, but it may be doable with good Palestinian leadership. Some of the most likely outcomes at this point is probably annexation and naturalization of the West Bank and its Palestinians and either the same with Gaza or a small standalone state. Another idea that may work well would be the eight state solution where the majors clans would be given territory directly and would be able to form the Palestinian Emirates like the UAE. Overall I very much agree with Standing Together's stance of "We're both not going anywhere, so we have to learn to coexist." and am hopeful that it will some day happen one way or another.
You don't have to only support one side at the exclusion of the other, even when they are fighting. In this case Israel has been provoked into destroying the terrorist organization Hamas. Since not everyone in Gaza is Hamas and Hamas has been hijacking the aid trucks along with the simple logistical issues of distribution, they are now trying direct support via airdrops which are much harder for Hamas to intercept or just be overrun in general. I've also seen speculation that they are using it to for training as well.
Degoogled Pixel 4a that I bought to replace my broken Pixel 4a. I'm gonna use this thing until it dies and then maybe buy another one. I'm not sure when another phone this hold-able, reasonably powerful enough, and good LineageOS support will get released.
I actually switched back to the official app from Neo. Neo has been really good because it also supports mirrors. I don't know about Droidify.
Maybe you shouldn't be hitting people... /s
I've learned a lot more over time, especially recently. I never had a eureka moment though. Everyone deserves to live in peace and with basic human rights. I'll always advocate for that. Specifically this conflict though is between a Democratic state who has done fucked up shit and a genocidal fundmentalist terrorist group. There is still a clearly much less bad side here.
Shattered Pixel Dungeon
I'm definitely skeptical of anything "moderate" that they claim to now operate on. Their actions, especially on October 7th illustrated what their actual ideology is. They even still have foreign workers who are entirely uninvolved hostage.
Nextcloud should be good for that. There are a bunch of services which offer a few GB for free, which should be enough for your needs.
arirr
joined 1 year ago
FUTO keyboard is about as close as it gets so far. Anysoft has swipe too IIRC. And finally Floris beta has it.