The Federal Council governing Palestine has performed admirably during the few decades of the nation's existence, considering the deep political and religious gaps it has to bridge, and the political system seems to work, by and by. Nevertheless, the continuing violence incited by the extremists just seems to go on and on. Following the usual exchange of Zionist firebombs and Islamist autobomb attacks around the end of the year (thus far 55 killed and 150 wounted), I was moved to question WI the Federal State of Palestine was never established?
Could the endemic sectarian violence be avoided if the area was divided into two or more ethno-religious states? Or if Palestine was still governed by foreign powers? The situation in the region has, indeed, seemed to go downhill even since the League mandate was withdrawn...