2 State Solution and Topology

I wrote the other day about the 2 State Solution.

What we in effect have at this moment is a 3 State Solution; Israel, the West Bank under the PLO (Fatah) and Gaza under the dictatorship of Hamas (not having had elections since 2006, they are definitively a dictatorial regime).

A 2 State Solution, where a contiguous Israeli state sits alongside a contiguous Palestinian state, would resolve many of the problems - for a start, a single, contiguous Palestinian state could mean the end of Hamas as a dominant force, as the number of Palestinians supporting Fatah far outweigh the Hamas supporters and Israel finds the PLO a lot easier to deal with.

A 1 State Solution would be even better, as there are already Arab Israelis; however, they are 2nd class citizens and have to be in order to ensure that there is a homeland for the Jews where they are not democratically outnumbered. For Israelis that's a necessity born of history and experience as well as being supported in international agreements. Currently, there are more than 50 Israeli laws which discriminate against Palestinian citizens of Israel in all areas of life, including their rights to political participation, access to land, education, state budget resources, and criminal procedures.

However, a 2 State Solution as described above cannot be achieved without some topological jiggery-pokery and the migration of a sizeable proportion of one population or the other. Joining Gaza and the West Bank (or what's left of it) by a corridor would necessarily cut the current Israeli state in half, which is strategically untenable (yet that's what happened to Palestine). 

Therein lies the conundrum. The whole problem is caused by topology. In any case, it should be handed to mathematicians to solve, after all, the Bible says; "If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”

Perhaps non-Euclidian space is the answer, or a Mobius Strip?

There again, they could all convert to Christianity as a compromise. Chances are one side would convert to Catholicism and the other to Protestantism and carry on fighting. However, this is in essence a political problem and not a religious one; religion is a secondary attribute. It's a bit like The Troubles where religion was heaped on a political issue. 

Ottomans are giving Hay a problem.

We have two, decorated by Hay's artist sister. She wants to move them, but isn't sure whether to replace them with Israelis or Palestinians.