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You sound like this situation has never been faced before and noone ever had to address similar situation.

In 1948, when the Islamonazis conquered Eretz Yisrael, they successfully expelled every Jew. There is a reason why all of Eretz Yisrael is Judenrein (except for a tiny sliver of the Southwest and a few small enclaves in south-central Eretz Yisrael).

In more recent times, the Social Justice Left successfully moved over 50% of the Syrian Arab population - more than 11 million Syrian Arabs were expelled and and internally displaced in Northern Eretz Yisrael - in less than 2 years. Notice that there was not a peep from the world because that was the moral thing to do. Israel has been more widely condemned and attacked for the Jenin operation this week than for what Arab Syria did over the past decade.

If the Israeli population had the will and any morality, they would arrange for a massive popular march on Jerusalem that could expel and kill off the Arab nationalist population in the Ir Atikah and the left-wing slums in a few hours. A social justice program similar to what Arab Palestine and Arab Syria did in 1948 (and Israel did in 2005) can be enacted quickly - there's more than enough population growth going on in Israel to quickly repopulate Northern Eretz Yisrael with the natives.

And the concept of "lone wolf" is ridiculous. It takes a society to raise a suicide bomber.

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I think we must distinguish between Israeli Arabs and Arabs living in PA occupied lands. I live in northern Israel and deal with many Israeli Arabs. By and large, they just want to make a living, enjoy life like everyone else. Yes, there are exceptions (like the terrorist just now) but that is a real exception. Whenever I see a Corvette, Maserati or any other fancy car, I know it belongs to an Arab. They're doing very well, have beautiful homes (better than mine) go to all the universities in the north (Technion, Haifa U, etc, etc).

On the other hand, Arabs in south, who are under the rule of Hamas or the PA get such a distorted history of Israel that, no wonder, they want to get rid of us. They think there has been a Palestine for thousands of years, that there have been no Jews in Israel until 1948, etc., etc. The problem is that we are doing virtually nothing to stop this indoctrination and historical revisionism. Only through educating these Arabs do we have a chance at making peace with them. Not to say that it's easy to educate them. The UN doesn't care; the EU doesn't care and it's almost impossible for us to do it alone.

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If you change the incentives, you change the outcomes.

When Saddam stopped financing suicide bombers, they stopped. When the risk/reward formula is changed, so are the outcomes.

There are lots of ways to improve things, from encouraging gun ownership and concealed carry, to changing the incentives for the families and friends of evil-doers. Even lone wolfs need encouragement.

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The “lone wolf” concept is a dangerous myth. There is always organizational support and training.

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One solution that always works is Teshuva.

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Was reading a relatively balanced article...until I hit these two things: "such a promising sign to see Mansour Abbas and his Ra’am party join the previous government..." and "...it was truly disappointing to see them condemn the very necessary IDF raid on Jenin. But on the other hand, they also condemned Friday night’s attack."

For a scholar whose very work is about rationalism and reality this is an incredibly naive take. And if the Rav honestly thinks their "condemnation" has any meaning, I have a slightly used bridge near my house that I can get the Rav a good deal on.

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https://twitter.com/neveragainlive1/status/1619658349800460288

Here's a video of the conquerors in a Zionist-financed hospital, celebrating the ritual slaughter of Jews and humiliating a frum victim. Is it so difficult to kill these people? Is it so difficult to kill their Hamoula and their villages?

Here's a post by a typical Meretz person: https://twitter.com/sjabulhawa/status/1619512617042853888

You act like this is a complicated issue. Doesn't seem like the Left has any difficulty identifying their goals and successfully enacting them.

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Surprised that you don't mention incentivized voluntary population transfer as a solution?

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Short term, provisional solutions can help a little. As Noson said, expulsion of all Arabs is a pipe dream. This may sound radical, but may be doable. Insert an informational tracking chip in all Arabs (as is done in pets). If they remove it, they are subject to arrest.

In any case there is definitely a solution to the entire Arab problem. In reality it is a Jewish problem. Klal Yisroel has to eliminate sinas chinom. What was done to Noson 18 years ago was terrible sinas chinom. The bottom feeders who fomented it, would beg to differ. To them it was "ubearta hara mikirbecha." But, pardon my French, that is total stupidity. It was about as valid, from a Torah perspective as spitting at schoolgirls because their sleeves were half an inch above the elbows. YOU DON'T PROMOTE HATE BECAUSE OF A MACHLOKES HASHITOS! And as we all know, hate breeds more hate, and unfortunately it affected Noson as well (certainly in a more limited way).

When Klal Yisrael works (and works hard) to expunge sinas yisroel, the Arab problem will... evaporate. Don't ask me how, I think I am a "chochom" with respect to this theory, but I'm not a navi! But, perhaps our transformation to this good attitude will rub off on the Arabs, who are ONLY here as piranius for our misdeeds.

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Where oh where is The Hat? Someone tell him this post is free. Getting stale without him. Everyone here seems to be under the same boring assumption that the Arabs are at fault in this conflict.

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Did mean to say that the partition was good. Just was replying to Rabbi Slifkin remark that would be the largest population transfer since WW 2. It was before my time so I don’t know the worlds reaction but I agree Israel would be condemned much stronger than Britain or India

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Is there any evidence that bulldozing the home of a terrorist's family after an attack actually prevents other terrorist attacks? Or is it just something that seems like "the right thing to do"?

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That was meant tongue in cheek. It means that if a criminal is serious and trained how to commit his crime, it is unlikely he can always be stopped.

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In1948 India was decided into a Hindu state and moslem state. There wasn’t forced separation but many moved. Moshe Faglin(and others) advocated for paid insentives to leave for Arabs who do not want to live as loyal citizens in a Jewish state

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The 'lone wolf' story is intriguing, but not the entire story.

Who was the grandfather of the murderer after whom he was named? How was he killed?

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Maybe avoid radicalizing the Palestinian citizens of Israel by continuing by continuing to pander to the right wing with items like the Nation-State law and the inclusion of Kahanists in the government? The most dangerous thing that could happen in Israel would be the radicalization of the Arab population. There is no way to erect barriers to citizens and the alternative is ethnic cleansing.

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