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Topic
#3083

ONB: Israeli annexation of the west bank would most likely benefit palestinians in the long run

Status
Finished

The debate is finished. The distribution of the voting points and the winner are presented below.

Winner & statistics
Better arguments
3
0
Better sources
2
2
Better legibility
1
1
Better conduct
1
1

After 1 vote and with 3 points ahead, the winner is...

Benjamin
Parameters
Publication date
Last updated date
Type
Standard
Number of rounds
3
Time for argument
One week
Max argument characters
10,000
Voting period
One month
Point system
Multiple criterions
Voting system
Open
Contender / Con
4
1468
rating
8
debates
37.5%
won
Description

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]

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@Barney

Thank you for voting

Vote bump

Israel is a waste of taxpayer money. America first.

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@Benjamin

As a potential voter, it would be inappropriate to add comment at this time.

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@fauxlaw

What do you think about my R1?

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@Benjamin

And, as others've pointed out, the res is a truism.

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@Benjamin

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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@whiteflame
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@Undefeatable

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