This is becoming a colloquium. Jeffrey Blankfort writes:
Israel
with its attendant Zionist ideology must be viewed as a foreign
transplant that has consistently been rejected by its Arab host. Had
the colonial settlers been other non-Jewish Europeans with an ideology
typical of previous colonial enterprises, they never would have lasted
in the aftermath of WW2 when de-colonization was on the world's agenda.
In establishing a colonial settler state when it did, the Zionists
were going against history and were bound to incur resistance from the
indigenous Arab population. This resistance will only increase no
matter what happens in Gaza. The truth that the Jewish world as well as the non-Jewish Western world must face is there is absolutely no place for a European-oriented Jewish state in the Middle East. The belief that a "two-state solution"
would resolve the inherent conflict has not only never had a basis in
reality but, in practice, it is has served as a protective cover for
further dispossession of the Palestinians from their homeland. Had it
not been for the political and economic power of organized Jewry exerted over the body politic
and the media in the West, but primarily, in the US, Israel would have
folded its tent long ago and the world would have been far better off.
with its attendant Zionist ideology must be viewed as a foreign
transplant that has consistently been rejected by its Arab host. Had
the colonial settlers been other non-Jewish Europeans with an ideology
typical of previous colonial enterprises, they never would have lasted
in the aftermath of WW2 when de-colonization was on the world's agenda.
In establishing a colonial settler state when it did, the Zionists
were going against history and were bound to incur resistance from the
indigenous Arab population. This resistance will only increase no
matter what happens in Gaza. The truth that the Jewish world as well as the non-Jewish Western world must face is there is absolutely no place for a European-oriented Jewish state in the Middle East. The belief that a "two-state solution"
would resolve the inherent conflict has not only never had a basis in
reality but, in practice, it is has served as a protective cover for
further dispossession of the Palestinians from their homeland. Had it
not been for the political and economic power of organized Jewry exerted over the body politic
and the media in the West, but primarily, in the US, Israel would have
folded its tent long ago and the world would have been far better off.
Weiss comment: While I never go as far as my incisive friend, I'd note that on my only trip to Israel, 2 years ago, I was on the plane reading about what a great western society it was and dug out the world map in the airline mag and noticed that Jerusalem was 500 miles east of Istanbul, something I repeat often on this blog.
