Who Should Run Gaza After the War?
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Do we believe in the Palestinian people's right to choose?
Or in a modern version of colonialism, are we going to choose for them?
Obviously, the British.
Oh God, more border gore and another century of internecine conflict incoming
Whoever it is Israel cannot have a say in it.
Anyone except Israel or Hamas.
Unfortunately, Israel has put great effort into reducing the options to those two choices.
Uh... the article seems to have a very... simple view of the situation on the ground.
The article asks for neither. You should read it.
The article suggests it's as simple as putting up a few conditions for aid, and finding people 'outside' of the traditional power structures to lead. That's not realistic, as past conditions for aid have shown, and as attempts to impose new power structures on societies from external pressure show.
I think the West Bank should be given statehood separate to Gaza. Any Israeli settlers in the West Bank, other than in Jerusalem, should be given the choice of returning to Israel proper or fend for themselves.
Gaza should be run by the UN for a few years until they have the infrastructure in place to govern themselves. No Muslim countries nor Israel, the US or Russia should be involved in rebuilding what is left of Gaza. My personal suggestion would be South American, Nordic or Central European countries. Hamas should have no place in Gaza going forwards.
Something I consider important for the future of the strip is gaining a fully functional bureaucracy that is able to support them as a nation. To many post colonial countries, specifically in Africa were left unable to become stable democracies because they slide too easily into violent factions.
there wont be a "gaza" after the war
Iran. That way, if missiles fly out of Gaza, Israel can just declare war on Iran instead of all this proxy war bs.