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Originally Posted by Luciom
it does.
if the troops on the ground were motivated (say) by material improvement of their quality of life, there would be ground for compromise.
not some: all fighting groups on the Palestinian side are motivated uniquely by religious fervour. they make it crystal clear in their manifestos. Hamas et al.
it's not SOME. its the whole terroristical insurgency nowadays. every one of them.
there are no secular actors waging war or terror on Israel for material requests
I don't know how to make sense of what you're trying to say. It seems like we've dropped "religious motivations" and moved to "Palestinian side"'s religious motivations being the problem. But they're not the problem, it's the non-material demands and the fact that they're irrational.
This also simplifies a complex situation so much that what you're saying is just wrong. There are significant political, social, and territorial dimensions to the conflict.
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Originally Posted by Dunyain
Literally every group fighting Israel explicitly says they are fighting for religious motives. Who are these imaginary secular groups fighting Israel right now? I can give you a large list of groups that are explicitly religious.
We've lost the thread a bit. It's not whether or not you can classify the organization as "religious", it's whether or not they are fighting for religious motives. There is not a single group fighting purely for religious motives, even if they claim to be.
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At some point when someone tells you who they are, you have to accept they are telling the truth.
And even if you believe it doesn't make a difference what the motivations are; the simple fact is Palestinians (and their hundreds of millions of supporters in the Ummah) dont have any rationale demands to meet to bring closure to this conflict.
Their demands are completely maximal and unreasonable, have been since day 0, and the liberal world ignoring this and focusing all attention on Israel for 80 years (and constraining Israel's ability to act) is what has got us to this point.
You could say the same about Russia, I still work within that framework when trying to figure out how to get a favorable peace deal for Ukraine. It's very far off, but that doesn't mean it's impossible.
The "liberal world" has not ignored this, or put all attention on Israel for 80 years.
So what I'm gathering from this is that part of Palestinian motivation being religious changes absolutely nothing about the current conflict, or how it should be approached. It is purely a (false) attempt at placing all blame on Palestine for the conflict.