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Thank you for acknowledging that 2 million Arabs live in Israel with full citizenship and rights. That undermines the claim that Israel is an apartheid state.

As for the West Bank, it's ruled by Fatah, not Israel. Israel provides for its own citizens -- regardless of ethnicity -- but it's not responsible for the citizens of foreign territories and their governments. Israel is under no obligation to provide services to foreign governments, especially those compromised by antisemitic terrorist organizations.





> As for the West Bank, it's ruled by Fatah

You've repeated this claim a few times in the thread, so sorry if this is repetitive, but just to recap:

1. Fatah is not allowed to build an airport in Palestinian territory -- the Israeli military controls its airspace.

2. Fatah is not able to determine who comes in and out of the territory -- Israel controls both its border with Israel (which I suppose is reasonable) and its border with Jordan (which is not).

3. Fatah does not control the population registry or decide who can receive a Palestinian ID card -- Israel does.

4. Fatah does not have a monopoly over the use of military force in the West Bank -- the Israeli military can (and does) operate wherever it wants to within the territory.

5. Fatah does not control who can move where within the West Bank -- there are many Israeli-only settlements and Israeli-only roads, with access controlled by the Israeli military and police. Even when moving between Palestinian areas, residents are often subject to Israeli checkpoints (with long lines).

Is Fatah allowed to control some civil matters, e.g. the education system? Sure.

I will let others reading this be the judge of whether this constitutes "Fatah control" or "Israeli control". To me, the answer is clear.

> Israel is under no obligation to provide services to foreign governments, especially those compromised by antisemitic terrorist organizations.

Obviously. Nobody is complaining, for example, that Israel doesn't provide services to Iranians or Syrians or Yemenis. Those are legitimately foreign countries that Israel doesn't control.

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Taking a look at the rest of the thread, it seems that, having had no success justifying your ludicrous position that "Israel doesn't control the West Bank", you've instead pivoted to explaining how the fact that they control it is Palestinians' fault, or at least justifiable due to Israel's legitimate interest in preventing terrorism.

Well, which is it? Does Fatah control the West Bank, or does Israel control it but the occupation is justified?

There's a lot I could say about this topic, too, but I don't think I'll bother. Galloping from one canned talking point to the next faster than the points can be refuted is not a good-faith debating style and a waste of time to engage with.




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