that resembles a chess board. A state in name only. And the US is silent in the face of this theft.

Israel and Palestine.

It may be another 70 years of apartheid until that happens, but it's pretty much inevitable at this point.

there will be a demographic battle, so to speak, for control of the bi-national state. Unless the two peoples agree to live together in peace the region will resemble Northern Ireland. It has been 500 years since the English displaced the native Irish from Northern Ireland, replacing them with English and Scots settlers. There is still conflict there, and there are still riots when the Orangemen have their parade commemorating their "victory".

And all of this is the result of two countries, England and France, deciding to divide up a region to better control the region and the resources. Another toxic side effect of colonialism.

Israel has made its bed, now it and the Palestinians both must lie in it.

A 70 year prediction.

Do you read palms , crystal balls and tarot cards too?

LOL

1) Israel has all/the vast majority of the power in its dealings with the Palestinians;
2) Change can only happen when those with power are willing to make it happen;
3) The Israelis have shown no signs that they want the status quo to change--the settlements and checkpoints and resource expropriation increase each year, instead of the reverse.

than it was the case in 1967.

So, I think 52 years from now, making it a full century of armed, hostile occupation, is enough for all involved to consider it permanent.

But, I think a case could be made for 27 years for now and 75 years of continuous, increasingly intense occupation being a good marker for a permanent occupation and de facto annexation.

....from Hamas, Islamic Jihad, PFLP, and Abbas' goons in the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade.

You think that's actually the case?

as the Palestinians have to fear from the Israelis.

If they were concerned about security, they would not be building those settlements. They build the settlements because they want power, control and dominion over all lands between the river and the sea. They think their god promised them all of that land, and view the Palestinians as a nuisance and pests rather than neighbors and as human beings with rights.

And you wish to be taken seriously WRT all issues I/P?

Israel has decided that its preferred policy for 'security'--complete power and control over the Palestinians--just happens to be exactly what the Greater Israel "river to the sea" movement calls for.

The Palestinians are not an existential threat to Israel. Only Israel's policy of occupation and apartheid is an existential threat to Israel.

to scream about hamas...since, ya know, they're badder than Israel.

Perhaps I am Nostradamus...