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You can't explain. Got it.
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It could be many reasons. They may want to make themselves look better in the world community, they may want peace, or they may want to encourage Gaza terrorist groups to come into Israel to attack instead of attacking the soldiers stationed in Gaza. The ten year truce probably had some influence with it too.
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You can't explain. Got it.
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There was racism against the Jews.
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1) 10% of Israel's government is made up of Arab Israelis. What percent of the surrounding Arab countries' governments are made of Jews?
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0%, there are no Jews in Jordan and a very very small amount of Jews in Syria and Egypt. Why would Jews want to live as a minority when they can live in Israel? I don't see the relevance of this.
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2) Why did Israel invade and occupy the West Bank?
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They were attacked by an Egyptian-Syrian-Jordan alliance and they used it as a chance to expand their borders.
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3) In a 2003 poll, 76% of Israelis would give up the West Bank in exchange for lasting peace. What would similar polls in Palestinian territories find?
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I couldn't find any polls on it but I also couldn't find the poll you were talking about it. Could you lead me to it?
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4) When Jordan was created in 1923, what happened to the Jews who lived there?
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They closed all migration and settlements to Jordan and all the Jews probably migrated to Israel but I didn't find anything on that.
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5) Why do Palestinians demand a single state solution? Why don't Israelis want that? (Hint: same reason)
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There is not one reason for the single-state solution just as you said, this is a very complex situation. A single-state potentially gets rid of Zionism, which started most of the trouble in the first place, presents the Palestinians and Israelis as equals instead of an almost caste system, and will show the world that two very different groups can work together and find peace.
I'm not sure what reason you are going at but by same reason do you mean that Israelis would be expelled? If a single-state solution happened then we would have to work to avoid that at all costs if it ever presents itself as a problem.