____________________________________________ 4 IICC Perspectives important implications for the country's economy, judiciary and culture, and poses a mortal danger to the State of Israel. Continuing the present management of the conflict leads to the creation of one space, where the Jews are in the minority, and the two populations confront each other in a kind of “Zero-Sum Game Society”. Here the return of the Palestinian repressed issue appears in all its urgency, and the conflict reverts to its historical roots for all of the Land of Israel/Palestine. Anyone who does not want to see Israel slip into one state has to support a partition into two states where the Palestinian state includes the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Saying "no" to one state means saying "yes" to two, there is no middle ground. It is the only way to ensure the continued existence of the State of Israel, and should not be regarded in any way as bowing to American interests. It is simply that in this case the interest of keeping the State of Israel alive merges with the vested interest of the USA. The consequences of the move are existential. In effect, the State of Israel will become responsible for 2.3 million Gazans living in region hammered by catastrophe [Left inset] Continuing the present management of the conflict leads to the creation of one state where the Jews are in the minority The possible elimination of the Hamas leadership (led by Yahya al-Sinwar) and the occupation of Rafah and the entire Gaza Strip will not provide a response to the existential problem, but will keep Israel wallowing in the occupation and immersing it even further in the swamp of the Gaza Strip. In the custody of Israel, as occupier of the Gaza Strip, will remain the more than two million of needy Gazans (according to the March 2024 survey conducted by Dr. Khalil Shiqaqi's Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research, 80% of respondents in the Gaza Strip reported that at least one of their family members had been killed or wounded during the war, and 90% of the population had been displaced). Just as Hamas currently rests on the generation cauterized and tempered by the second intifada, the current generation of Palestinians, burned and tempered in the blast furnace of October 7, when it comes of age, will shoulder the burden of the campaign against Israel as long as the management of the conflict does not change, and undergo a polarized transition to a political settlement. Such an essential move is a frontal defiance of the entire world. It reinforces the "resistance axis" led by Iran and Hezbollah and worsens the risk of broadening the confrontation on Israel's northern front. The Iranian-led "unity of the fronts" strategy is liable to take shape and be implemented. If the conflict worsens it is liable to collapse the United States' greatest achievement in the Middle East, the peace agreements, stable so far, with Egypt and Jordan, and the normalization of relations between Israel and Arab states. Israel will be regarded by the entire world as responsible, or rather, guilty. The rulers of Egypt and Jordan will be exposed to growing domestic pressure to change their approach to Israel. As they weaken, Iran and its
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