ONB: Israeli annexation of the west bank would most likely benefit palestinians in the long run
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No semantics or dirty trick, this is a serious issue. BoP is shared.
Definition from Cambridge:
-Annex: to take possession of an area of land or a country and add it to a larger area, usually by force:
---In our case, it means to make the west bank a part of Israel and grant its inhabitants Israeli citizenship.
-Beneficial: helpful, useful, or good
West Bank, area of the former British-mandated (1920–47) territory of Palestine west of the Jordan River, claimed from 1949 to 1988 as part of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan but occupied from 1967 by Israel. [Britannica]
R1:
Pro builds a well sourced case, easily presented in syllogism form. He further outlines why Palestine as a nation would be worse for any human inhabitants, first due to a weird legal system they like, and due to their current rulers (Hamas) who would presumably still be in charge.
Con kritiks that Hamas wouldn't allow it to happen, and further that many locals fear it. He advokates that the two-state solution is better, but is also unattainable.
R2:
Pro accuses con of drifting off topic, by ignoring the benefits if it occurred to instead deny that it would. Pro further reminds us that the fear the locals feel, is likely already worse under current circumstances.
Con concedes... but then doubles down on the Oh Well Kritik...
R3:
Skimmed, and I'm seeing more of the same.
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Arguments:
Credit to con for their work, but they argued side stepped the resolution, and thereby failed to refute pro's simple case. If annexation would be difficult, is not the topic; rather if the benefits are likely to outweigh the harms. Further bolstering that Hamas sucks, fed straight into pro's case for improved safety for the locals.
I wrote a guide for Kritiks, which I highly suggest reading before trying such a tactic again (the Oh Well, does not rate highly).
https://tiny.cc/Kritik
Sources:
Pro leads on this, but I am leaving this tied.
Legibility:
I did prefer pro's formatting, but that is never enough for the point.
Conduct:
Both were fine. And my dislike of a certain tactic, speaks more toward the argument points.
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Israel is a waste of taxpayer money. America first.
As a potential voter, it would be inappropriate to add comment at this time.
What do you think about my R1?
And, as others've pointed out, the res is a truism.
I'm not interested. Maybe I would be more interested if the resolution of the debate was "Israel ought to annex the West Bank", because as it stands now your resolution assumes utilitarianism and the proposition expressed therein, even if true, would not go against the main reason why I oppose an Israeli annexation of the West Bank.
I suggest changing "could" to “most likely,” and give con the BoP of most likely harmful. A tie of course would then be implied as the outcome being indeterminate.
"Could" is truism.
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