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Do you support a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?

The two-state solution is a proposed diplomatic solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The proposal envisions an independent State of Palestine that borders Israel. Palestinian leadership has supported the concept since the 1982 Arab Summit in Fez. In 2017 the Hamas (a Palestinian Resistance movement that controls the Gaza strip) accepted the solution without recognizing Israel as a state. The current Israeli leadership has stated that a two-state solution can only exist without Hamas and the current Palestinian leadership. The U.S. would have to take a central role in any talks bet…  

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 @9TWF5FZCommunistfrom British Columbia  answered…7mos7MO

No, dismantle the Israeli occupation and free Palestine

 @9TW98DJfrom British Columbia  answered…7mos7MO

The two state solution is apartheid and Israel is committing genocide in Palestine

 @9TQ65LHLiberalfrom British Columbia  answered…7mos7MO

No, Israel should stop committing genocide, and Palestine should be given back its land.

 @9V5ZSM7from British Columbia  answered…7mos7MO

The government should support a full ceasefire of the genocide happening on the Palestinian population by the Israeli military

 @B4LXJVMfrom British Columbia  answered…1wk1W

NO. Israel should not impose on Palestine. There is no two-state solution when you have MURDERED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS.

 @B3KFQF6from British Columbia  answered…2mos2MO

No, I believe that Israel and Palestine should unite into the Land of God Federation (LGF) and that Israel should rebuild Palestine as well as remove its rampant extremism and terrorism. Both Israelis and Arabs will be equal in the LGF.

 @9X3V5MBfrom British Columbia  answered…6mos6MO

Both states should be dissolved, and a new democratic one should form that acknowledges and enforces equal rights and freedoms for Palestinians and Israelis alike

 @9XJ225Mfrom British Columbia  answered…6mos6MO

No, Palestine should be the only state in which both Israelis and Palestinians can live side by side

 @9VGGMWSConservativefrom British Columbia  answered…7mos7MO

It doesn't matter what I support. It's up to them.

 @9V249ZQfrom British Columbia  answered…7mos7MO

Yes, but only after the demilitarization and deradicalization of Palestinian society.

 @9TYZTWFfrom British Columbia  answered…7mos7MO

Only Israel rules. No Palestine, no Arabs, and no f... Islam

 @9TRBSVQCommunistfrom British Columbia  answered…7mos7MO

Abolish Israel as a state and give Palestinians sovereignty over their own land.

 @9TH4SPWConservativefrom British Columbia  answered…7mos7MO

Why do Canadians need to weigh in on this? I don’t think it’s any of our business.

 @9SL7F3Mfrom British Columbia  answered…8mos8MO

Right now the government should Stay out of it (but support Israel’s right to self Defence).

 @9SKWLRJfrom British Columbia  answered…8mos8MO

Only if Iran and all of its proxy groups are unable to control the new Palestinian State.

  @RusticReagentLibertarian from British Columbia  answered…9mos9MO

Palestine is so unstable that a split from Israel is not wanted.

 @9RC97PLNew Democraticfrom British Columbia  answered…9mos9MO

Yes, but only as a stop-gap between full integration as a single country granting full rights to Palestinians. A two state solution will prolong animosity in the long run.

 @9QYHT2Wfrom British Columbia  answered…9mos9MO

They can figure it out themselves. Keep religious wars between those fighting them.

 @9RBNFB7from British Columbia  answered…9mos9MO

A 2 state solution is impossible without major concessions from Isreal on giving land back and power over infrastructure. Only a one state solution is viable.

 @9P3FXVCfrom British Columbia  answered…10mos10MO

Yes, but United States and other countries should not interfere within this, and Hamas should legislatively and financially pay for the damage it caused to Israel.

 @9MMZ9Q7from British Columbia  answered…11mos11MO

No egypt should get gaza and jordan gets west bank

 @9JZVYL6New Democratic from British Columbia  answered…1yr1Y

Yes, but I would rather there be one state wherein religious/ethnic groups are not separated or at war and instead co-exist peacefully, however unrealistic such a proposition may be at this moment in time.

 @B4QTM2Xfrom British Columbia  answered…2 days2D

The 2 state solution seems adequate, but I do not have enough knowledge of the Israel-Palestine conflict to answer this question

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