A Poker Players' Solution To The Middle East Conflict ?

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Israel has an unlimited bankroll by virtue of superior military hardware and tactics and the backing of even bigger rolled friends. Thus they can call any allin bet by an opponent with equanimity and can never be bluffed out. Also they will not allow the short stacks to continuously steall all the small pots and build their stacks to a level where they could take a large bite out their own stack. Barring repeatedly playing extremely bad, or their opponents having backers who will back them with unlimited funds as was possible during the Cold War, they have a guaranteed long term win. Their opponents should recognize that and quit the game.

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The Arabs are the ones with the unlimited bankroll because they can can repeatedly lose all-in bets (wars) and never have their existence jeaporadized. If Israel loses once, they are eliminated from the tournament so to speak.