A nation splitting is playing out in Sudan as well. Democratic protests and a people-led movement are being crushed by military/militant power wrangling.
The situation in Sudan seems as hopeless as Palestine. Except it's not even widely reported. So, perhaps more hopeless. On Sun, Dec 24, 2023, 00:32 Bruce Metcalf via Silklist < silklist@lists.digeratus.in> wrote: > Greetings, > > As I contemplate (with some horror) the situation in the middle east, a > thought occurred to me. > > If the Israel/Palestine problem is indeed to be resolved with a two > state solution, the obvious question is how to get there, especially > given that neither side wants the other to survive. > > Being repeatedly admonished by Rachel Maddow that most everything has a > precedent that may be instructive, I started thinking about other > countries which have split in two. Most, like German and Korea, did so > as a result of war, and upon the demand on the sponsoring powers. While > I suppose one could claim that the US and Iraq are the sponsoring powers > here, I don't see them sitting down to negotiate in good faith. > > Which brings me to the history of India (and Pakistan/Bangladesh). While > perhaps not a perfect analogy, and not (yet) a perfect solution, it is a > case of a nation that voluntarily separated along religious lines. > > My questions for this list: > > 1. Do you think that the history of India provides any helpful lessons > that could be applied to Israel? > > 2. Do you think it reasonable for India to provide an occupying force to > separate the two parties and help effect the split (with UN approval, of > course)? > > Regards, > / Bruce / > > -- > Silklist mailing list > Silklist@lists.digeratus.in > https://mailman.panix.com/listinfo.cgi/silklist >
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