That's rather thinly veiled racism.
And what is all this "feels" supposed to mean? If I "feel" Mexican today, can I go cross the border and vote there? I'll need to "feel" American again soon though, to vote in my own country. What is this supposed to mean? It's clearly not a "path to citizenship" you're suggesting, because you think the effects should be immediate. It's clearly not based in any kind of rule of law, and if you want to run the area on gusts of emotion, well, see its existing history for how that's worked out?
You didn't understand what I was saying. I was talking about a sense of belonging to one's nation. Is there a nation you can point to and say "I'm one of them"? That's what I meant. If you feel Mexican, then you move to Mexico and stay there. It's not like anything stops you from filling in the paperwork, getting a place to live and a job in there. If the Mexicans don't want you there for some reason or the other (I don't know what's the current immigration policy in there), you can still support them (buy Mexican products, support Mexican immigrants to America) and declare yourself Mexican. You don't need to feel American in order to vote, I would expect a Mexican with a right to vote in America to vote on whoever supports his/her country the most (for example, wants to increase trade, open the border up, increase economic aid, tighten diplomatic bonds, etc.). I talked about "feeling" Jewish or Palestinian in context of people choosing which country they want to live in. It has nothing to do with running an area, just with each individual person deciding who they want to be ruled by. National identity is a perfectly valid reason to prefer one country over another.
You're talking about separation of church and state and racial equality and crap like that, and Dragon, I hate to say this, but it means you have no presence in this discussion because you have no idea what you're talking about. None of this is present within the context of this discussion. Zero. The PA, Hamas, etc. are all self-identified as the champions of Muslim Arabs. Israel is a self-identified Jewish state. The idea that a majority will not attempt to use its majority to claim special privileges for itself is also laughably false, and as exhibit A I present to you all of human history.
You're talking like this was a good thing. A small hint: it's not. If it happened a lot of times in history, it still doesn't make it right. Yes, the majority will want special rights for itself, but they shouldn't discriminate the minority. The government is supposed to ensure that, and it does, more or less, in most countries.
You're right, neither separation of church and state nor ethnic equality frequently come up in the region we're talking about. Don't you think they should? Saying that people are in some way better/worse just because they're Jews/Arabs is racism. There's a matter of different culture and religion, but shouldn't this be separated from government? There's nothing wrong with Jewish culture dominating in Israel, but Palestinian one should not be forbidden. Likewise, in PA, Jewish culture shouldn't be forbidden even if it doesn't dominate. I'm not denying that there should be two different countries, but I think that it should be up to people in which one they want to live, and not some arbitrary force. And yes, I'm aware it's unlikely to happen anytime soon. I'm talking about what things should be like, not what they are.
