Fatah and Hamas have all sorts of deficiencies and derangements. But I think that even if Thomas Jefferson and the Continental Congress were leading the Palestinians, Israel would still find a way not to make a two state deal. The longstanding goal of the Israeli right, and now just the de facto trajectory, is to expand settlements and u…
Fatah and Hamas have all sorts of deficiencies and derangements. But I think that even if Thomas Jefferson and the Continental Congress were leading the Palestinians, Israel would still find a way not to make a two state deal. The longstanding goal of the Israeli right, and now just the de facto trajectory, is to expand settlements and ultimately annex jewish dominated areas, leaving Palestinians in the same citizenship limbo - just in smaller geographic enclaves. I think the Israeli polity today prefers this outcome - even if it comes with more Palestinian grievance, reduced security, and lower international support.
I don’t disagree with anything you are saying. But something has to give. Every two to three years it’s the same, except technology gets more sophisticated and deadly; and the violent and even more unpredictable.
How many more cycles of this will the world tolerate before it gives up and just lets them kill each other? It’s a never ended cycle of intransigence and stupidity!
Fatah and Hamas have all sorts of deficiencies and derangements. But I think that even if Thomas Jefferson and the Continental Congress were leading the Palestinians, Israel would still find a way not to make a two state deal. The longstanding goal of the Israeli right, and now just the de facto trajectory, is to expand settlements and ultimately annex jewish dominated areas, leaving Palestinians in the same citizenship limbo - just in smaller geographic enclaves. I think the Israeli polity today prefers this outcome - even if it comes with more Palestinian grievance, reduced security, and lower international support.
I don’t disagree with anything you are saying. But something has to give. Every two to three years it’s the same, except technology gets more sophisticated and deadly; and the violent and even more unpredictable.
How many more cycles of this will the world tolerate before it gives up and just lets them kill each other? It’s a never ended cycle of intransigence and stupidity!
Yep! https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/10/israel-settlers-violence-netanyahu-government/675755/