Yesterday I posited that the Israel lobby is in decline because America has had it with one-sidedness, and Everyone and His Brother Is Sick of this S**t Churning up the World. Further evidence–brilliantly–from the Onion, which reports that the Middle East conflict has come to an end now that the Israelis have returned a borrowed lawnmower to the Palestinians after nearly 60 years:
The mower was originally lent to Chaim Weizmann, the first president of
Israel, in November 1949 as a good-faith gesture by Palestinians
seeking to reach out to the people who had appropriated 80 percent of
their land [emphasis mine] and wished to cut the grass growing there.
"Now that Israel has finally returned this mower, we look forward to
friendly relations between our two nations for all time," Palestinian
negotiator Saeb Erekat said at the United Nations Monday.
Wonderful. Americans are coming to their senses. And note: no illusions about the unfair division of land.
