Of international borders

 International borders may appear to have been  established by force but usually there is a grudging consent. When India was divided by the British - somewhere the leaders accepted the decision and lived by it. One of the most unnatural borders where even Ganges gets divided at Bangladesh was grudgingly accepted by Indians.  However, people of  Palestine were never convinced. So now both Israel and Palestine do not exist for each other. Unfortunately, we cannot buy countries like we buy property. So a general consensus needs to be established by diplomacy.  More than seven decades of bloodshed. Sad.

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