Questions for Israel & Palestine

Everyone Needs to Answer These

Dylan Combellick
6 min readMay 23, 2024

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Why does everyone need to answer these? Because I want to know the answers, damnit!

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General Principles

Does Israel exist?

Should Israel continue to exist as a Jewish-majority state and the only democracy in the region?

Do the borders of countries ever change?

Is that change sometimes the result of losing or winning a war?

If the aggressor gains territory, can that be just?

If the defender gains territory, can that be just?

Should countries exist that have a religious nature to their government?

Is Israel a secular state?

Are there any Muslim states in the world?

Are there any Jewish states in the world?

Should Israel be allowed to maintain a Jewish majority?

Do the laws of Israel persecute members of other religions?

Do Muslims voluntarily move to Israel? If so, why?

Why haven’t any of the Arab states accepted any Palestinian refugees?

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Dylan Combellick

Retired analyst, Russian linguist, and New START inspector, father of 3, living in Uzhgorod, Ukraine https://www.youtube.com/@DylanC78