Panic is beginning to set in for a lot of prominent American Zionists. There’s been one opinion piece after another in the major newspapers after another about Israel in the major newspapers in the last few days. New one today in Wapo by Max Boot.
Leaving aside what Trump did or didn’t mean for a moment, I’ve noticed that “moral equivalence” has become a talking point repeated in the media with regards to Charlottesville. If anyone recalls, that that was also a standard pro-Israel “meme” (or what have you) during the second intifada (“there is NO moral equivalence!”) in US media when talking about the suicide bombings.
It’s frightening how hasbara language is becoming part of the discourse, even when Israel is not even the subject being discussed.
I agree. “Bi national state” is an empty concept.
I have a lot of respect for Halper, it takes balls to go against the grain like he does in a society like Israel that prizes groupthink, and for so many years. It’s remarkable that he hasn’t given up the fight and left for another country and no one would blame him if he did.
But I agree, it’s a pipe dream at this point. It seems like his (and Gideon Levy’s) main function is observing and cataloguing what is going on, try as they might to effect real change in that country. Israel seems to be growing more insular as time passes.
I hope it’s dead too, but experience proves it’s like Jason or Michael rising repeatedly from the dead after being stabbed, shot, burned alive.
Having said there the MSM has been at least mentioning the 1ss concept more and more. That may be a tacit signal that elites are willing to throw in the towel on 2ss at some point.
Yes, I’m surprised the Dersh hasn’t joined Marty Peretz in Tel Aviv yet.
Such bizarre statements. It makes you wonder if Hophmi himself even believes the stuff he comes up with.
This just appear on Wapo’s oped page:
Leaving aside whether the 2ss is still possible , this article is Orwellian with it’s “shared values” mantra and other mindless tripe.
Who needs fake news when you have pieces like this in the “papers of record”?
Atlanta,
I’ve always thought the support was a mile wide and an inch thick.
They support Israel because…someone else told them they should support Israel.
I think if something drastic happened that couldn’t be concealed by the MSM, we would all be surprised at how quickly it evaporates.
Whether that something will happen is another question.
The danger is that Labour or one of those other “peace” parties could get into power in Israel. And then the peace process could be rebooted yet again, providing renewed cover for settlements.
Dennis Ross recently wrote an oped in one of the major papers saying that Trump could surprise everyone as a great mideast peacemaker, so I think Ross is trying to worm his way into the new administration.