Ah, I thought you were talking about the Israeli "right of return" that lets any Jew immigrate. My Israeli friend is very proud of that, though when I pressed him about where such an influx would LIVE he did balk at taking over Palestinian homes and territory.
I certainly agree that is the position of Hamas. As you point out the "drive in…
Ah, I thought you were talking about the Israeli "right of return" that lets any Jew immigrate. My Israeli friend is very proud of that, though when I pressed him about where such an influx would LIVE he did balk at taking over Palestinian homes and territory.
I certainly agree that is the position of Hamas. As you point out the "drive into the sea" bit hasn't been the position of Arab STATES for a very long time, though I am sure there are extremists in each country who still go with that. Of course, there are extremists in Israel who want exactly the same thing to happen to the Palestinians. Judging what a COUNTRY officially thinks depends on whether the government supports the extremists. The recent protests in Israel suggest the government was leaning towards the extremists there.
A comparison would be the US government supporting the America is a Christian Nation bit of the evangelical nationalists. Our government is not doing that, though our supreme court in its decisions is eating away at the idea of separation of church and state. So far it is applying "religious liberty" as a defense to anti-discrimination laws mostly to the LGBTQ community but I have had discussions with godawful "victim Christians" who would extend this "right of discrimination" to Muslims, Jews, etc.
Extremism is anti-democratic in any society. It's a problem here, AND in Israel, and frankly in way too many countries that have been considered "the West."
I don't know that Hamas needed a "green light" from anyone, though Iran does seem to have its fingers in the whole thing, if only as supplier. But I agree that the timing suggests a motive to upset peace talks with Saudi Arabia or any other Arab nation.
Ah, I thought you were talking about the Israeli "right of return" that lets any Jew immigrate. My Israeli friend is very proud of that, though when I pressed him about where such an influx would LIVE he did balk at taking over Palestinian homes and territory.
I certainly agree that is the position of Hamas. As you point out the "drive into the sea" bit hasn't been the position of Arab STATES for a very long time, though I am sure there are extremists in each country who still go with that. Of course, there are extremists in Israel who want exactly the same thing to happen to the Palestinians. Judging what a COUNTRY officially thinks depends on whether the government supports the extremists. The recent protests in Israel suggest the government was leaning towards the extremists there.
A comparison would be the US government supporting the America is a Christian Nation bit of the evangelical nationalists. Our government is not doing that, though our supreme court in its decisions is eating away at the idea of separation of church and state. So far it is applying "religious liberty" as a defense to anti-discrimination laws mostly to the LGBTQ community but I have had discussions with godawful "victim Christians" who would extend this "right of discrimination" to Muslims, Jews, etc.
Extremism is anti-democratic in any society. It's a problem here, AND in Israel, and frankly in way too many countries that have been considered "the West."
I don't know that Hamas needed a "green light" from anyone, though Iran does seem to have its fingers in the whole thing, if only as supplier. But I agree that the timing suggests a motive to upset peace talks with Saudi Arabia or any other Arab nation.