Remember Terrorism is a MICROSCOPIC problem 3581Hamas, as an avowed enemy of Israel, would probably never acknowledge that anything about Israel, including it's election process is legitimate. Doing so would be official recognition of Israel. I don;t think...
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But if Hamas, as a political party, was running for office in the Israeli government, it wouldn't be in their self interest to disband the government if they happen to win a majority of seats.
They're certainly not attempting to dismantle the Palestinian Authority. Besides, if Palestinians, as Israeli citizens, were voting, it's highly unlikely they'd vote for Hamas anyway.
But, if Israel wants the territory, then it should allow the people who live there a say in governmental decisions. Since they're not withdrawing from any of it anytime soon, I don't see why they shouldn't allow those who were living in the West Bank back in 1967 become citizens.
I'd say it's more likely they now have some experience with democracy.
Benjamin Netanyahu would not stand a chance of winning if the Palestinians in the West Bank and East Jurusalem had the right to vote for members of the Knesset. Neither would Hamas.
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Actually, I believe that implementing the suggestion would come far closer to solving the problem than the two state solution or continued occupation ever would. The status quo is not working, and a subservient state idea won't work either.
And that has nothing to do with the point I was making.
It's far less likely that extremists would come to power in a unified state.
