A One State Lament

It will mean Arabs [and Jews] can buy land anywhere they choose. It will mean Arab towns and villages get the same access to water, education, road networks, electricity... It will mean Arabs will form political parties to contest elections and form governments...

And I support all this. It's not going to be an easy transition, but it is a real alternative. We can be solving old problems for the next 60 years, or creating new problems for 60 more years.

For Arab Israelis, all the things you've cited are in effect by law, if not in implementation, and it is only a matter of time before implementation catches up with the law. To categorize Israeli society or the Israeli government as monolithic disregards truth for the sake of ideological clarity.

I think it's ridiculous that there are still some Arab Israeli villages without running water and sanitation. There is a reason why those choices were made, and not all of them were based on racism, although some were. I don't see a need to punish people who are peaceful and law abiding.

I also think it's ridiculous Arab Israelis aren't forced to serve in the IDF like the Jews and Druze are. They are reaping the benefits of living in a stable, secure country, but have to contribute nothing to it, while Jews and Druze citizens give the military 2-3 years of their life.

With their knowledge of Arabic and Palestinian culture, as well as familial links, they would be much more effective at maintaining peace in the territories while political negotiations continue.

There is much to discuss, but once again, [Name], [Name], [Name], et. al. are not interested in actually developing the One State. They prefer to speak of it vaguely, as a weapon to scare liberal Jews with the "demographic bomb".

I have made my priorities crystal clear. The preservation of Jewish life is the foundation for any real discussion, and from my perspective, supersedes every other issue in importance.

Some on this blog consider the preservation of Jewish life to be at odds with Palestinian human rights.

I don't see how the ability to threaten Jewish life is a "Palestinian human rights issue", but this is a choice for Palestinians to make.

As for your demographic comments... "experts" have been predicting the demographic time bomb to go off in Israel since before it was created. The situation was much worse in 1929, I assure you.

As I said, I am not concerned with this. It is a tool of argument, nothing more. Palestinian children do not scare me; Palestinian adults with bomb belts do. Not every Palestinian is as interested in a fair democratic society for both Arabs and Jews, as you say you are.