The author shared the following anecdote with Phil Weiss, who asked permission to publish because it demonstrates the degree to which Europe is done with the current regime in Israel. And this was before the Danish cyclist video went viral.
I had an interesting “coffee” with one of my ex-stepmothers (’67-’77) at the airport. She lives in England, I seldom see her. It may be the only time I’ve ever spent an hour alone with her. She’s 68, is on the borders of (or in) the Establishment, married to a City guy who was a Euro MP for a while. Upper class but still striving. She has a pedigree, with dukes and prime ministers among her forebears. She’s smart but not educated– very busy, well organized, dominating personality– works for a faintly neoconnish think tank and is starting a sort of “community relations” center for London’s poor. She’s quite formidable. Anyway, in our talk, she said among other things that Israel is finished. All the smart Israelis leave or will leave. There won’t be any two states, it’ll be one state. These are quotes. Very surprising, given the kind of person she is.
Well, it’s over then!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqObJtGrKaA
I love it how you guys reassure each other with these stories.
I have and idea though where Scott McConnell can stick a fork…
Hard to know what to make of this short anecdote. On the whole, good news. But the policy-makers and media are still within the ambit of UK’s (and EU’s) version(s) of AIPAC and the USA’s strong-arm tactics still matter.
Let’s hope for much more well-publicized talk.
israel today is like having that gay friend that is in denial – you (and everyone else) know that your friend a real screamer and when they come out of the closet they’ll blast the doors off, but for now they refuse to admit what everyone else already knows … with israel it is clear to the whole world that it must become a secular, pluralistic state and end its endless repression, humiliation and abuse of the locals – the Palestinians
love the one of my ex-stepmothers.