Palestine, 2018.

Close your eyes, and let me take you to a hypothetical future…

The global pressure coming from the BDS movement to boycott Israel has taken its toll, and Israel can no longer handle the isolation. So Israel has decided to remove the IDF forces from the Palestinian Territories, and allow the establishment of a Palestinian state. After all, that's all Mahmoud Abbas, and the “Human Rights Activists” behind the BDS movement ever wanted – an independent Palestinian state.

So, in order to provide the Palestinians with such freedom, Israel detaches. It cuts the electricity supply and water supply, and disconnects all roads leading to and from Israel. With that, it also stops allowing Palestinian employees in Israeli territories, because now, Palestine finally has its freedom to create its own workforce. And if Israel managed to become the Startup Nation in 60- something years – why can't Palestine? After all, the only reason it hadn't happened yet was the Israeli occupation.

Then, both countries mark a very clear border (which can now be a fence, without being referred to as an “Apartheid-style fence,) Israel provides Palestine with 4 money-printers as a gesture of goodwill, and off they go – a Palestinian country, free at last. For about a year or so, everything is working perfectly.

But alas, something's not right. Now, the Palestinians are no longer an oppressed minority. They're citizens of a country, which means they have no logical reason to commit terror attacks and enjoy the support of the global community. The government also can't encourage terror attacks against Israelis by giving ridiculous sums of money to the families of the “Martyrs.”  The money also can't fund terror guerilla organizations like Hamas or Hezbollah, because it needs to be used for infrastructures, welfare, building a strong economy, education, and so on.

This doesn't go hand in hand with their long-term plan, on which the Palestinian leaders have announced time and again – to throw all Israeli Jews to the ocean and live in the “whole Palestinian state,” which is Israel. For, as you probably know by now, it belonged to them at some point of history, and of course geographical borders have never changed since the dawn of mankind. Now they have lost the one excuse they had to get global support – they are no longer stateless.

Being at what seems to be a dead-end, the Palestinian leadership turns to the world with a plea – Israel has ruined all chances for us to live properly. “They cut our electricity with their bare, vicious hands, and by preventing our people access to the Israeli workforce, they are hurting our economy. Yes, we know we have an independent country now, but look at them, and look at us – it's not fair. Since being able to spend less money on security, they now prosper more than ever, leaving us behind. And yes, it's their fault. Don't remember exactly why, but it is, because they stole our land at some point, and then occupied it, and not they're just being annoying.”

“Did anyone say 'Death to Jews'? ummmm we mean, 'Stop Israel?'”

Pooof! All “Human Rights Activists,” who got bored from being forced to help actual human right crisis around the world (in Africa, or in Syria, for instance) are now ready to take some action against the “Occupying Army of Israel.” It's been a rough couple of week for them. Ever since Palestine had become a country, the BDS movement couldn't do anything without being exposed as the anti-Semites they really are. But now, now they're ready for action.

Faster than you can say“>The BDS people are not after love and peace, and not for freedom to the Palestinians.They claim to be fighting for human rights, but put all their effort on one country that supposedly “violates human rights.” They work hard to make sure Israel and Israelis are being boycotted by as many organizations and institutions as possible, with the aim to isolate Israel from the world, but they know, and we know, and deep down inside- the Palestinians also know – that without Israel, life for Palestinians would be much harder. The Palestinian leaders also know that, but they also want to annihilate Israel more than they want their people to live freely and quietly.

This is why this is a hypothetical future, and not the actual future. “All or nothing” can't work here. There has to be a compromise, by both sides. Only question is – how many more deaths there will be until we reach it.