Over the past few weeks I received various email requests in my inbox to sign petitions in favor of an independent Palestinian state.
I did not sign the petition because looking into the history of why the Palestinian leadership did not declare statehood, I don't see the logic for doing it now.
I don't particularly care for the politics of the Middle East and I'm quite certain most people of that region could not care what a Pakistani thinks about it's politics either.
This does not mean I support the injustice that was committed against the Palestinian people in 1948 to make way for various Jewish refugees from around the world.
Even the proposal of a Palestinian state alongside an Israeli one in accordance to the pre-1967 borders is not practical as the Palestinians only get two small patches of land whereas the Israelis get to keep most of the land.
The Palestinian cause that started all the way back in 1948 is a respectable one because even after the other Arab states in the region giving up the cause still continues to this day, thanks to the determination of the Palestinian people. This cause will die permanently and will have little or no international support once a state of Palestine with strict borders is declared.
As I just mentioned I looked at the history of why the Palestinians haven't declared themselves a state with it's own currency and passport. This is because once statehood is declared they must permanently accept the boundaries of the state with no objections.
This means if they are restricted to small patches of land on either side of Israel, they cannot later change their minds.
An over six decade cause would be lost upon declaration of this statehood.
The Palestinians have already been restricted in their choice of boundaries by Israel and it's Western supporters in the UN. They may as well abandon their cause to regain more land and stick with what they have without declaring statehood. The difference is there is no international law restricting them to a boundary currently which is not possible for a Palestinian state with official borders.
If I were the Palestinian leadership I would wait until the decline of Jewish political influence in the West. That may be a long time in the future and may not change in many of our lifetimes, but at the same time if the Palestinians and their supporters worldwide are loyal to their very old cause, accepting a state will end it all.
A realistic and satisfactory Palestinian state would be one equal to if not bigger than the size of the current Israeli state given the large Arab population both inside Israel and the Palestinian territories. A large state would be required to accommodate that population size.
An even more realistic and possibly only solution would be the complete disappearance of Israel or Palestine. Either the Palestinians immigrate to foreign countries and leave their territories or the Israelis leave and go back to where they came from voluntarily or be driven out.
Since it cannot be both ways in this case, either the cause must be completely fulfilled or abandoned all together.
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