If Isra3l's aggressive Uncle is called in to lean on these recalcitrant states, that would seem to indicate that all (professed) belief in a Two State Solution (TSS) will have to be ditched. You can't credibly threaten an adversary for recognising one (indeed, both) of those states, unless the TSS was a bullshit agenda that USA knew it could pretend to back because it would never be operationalized.
I admit that my argument falls down with the word "credibly" - the US Deep State has no qualms about lying from both sides of the mouth and sneering at anyone who points out the contradiction.
As usual there is a range of awareness of these issues, even among public figures who one supposes must be better informed than the average person. The unwillingness to face up to unpleasant realities is an enduring aspect of human nature throughout history--Emmanuel Lasker stated that that's the lesson on life that he took from his career in chess. OTOH, there are plenty of cynical manipulators in public life who use the TSS as a ruse for gaslighting others.
From the start, Israel has been a terrorist state. It began with the Nakba in 1947-1948 with terrorist massacres when 700,000 Palestinians were expelled from the lands they and their ancestors had inhabited for millennia. The criminal gangs who took over Israel were not survivors of the so-called Holocaust. They were largely refugees from the Russian Pale of Settlement forced at gunpoint by the Zionist leaders from Russia who were armed and sent on their way by Stalin. They were armed by the communist government of Czechoslovakia. They have never changed their modus operandi in setting up the apartheid state that continues to operate through terrorism. And on top of it all, they control the US government.
So if the U.S. is Israel's "muscle" just what has the U.S. done or threatened to do to all those yellow countries on Israel's behalf already? Nothing that I know of...
We have two dangerously delusional leaders right now, Zel and Net. You could add a third, because it’s due to his weakness, ineptitude and corruption that we have the other two. WW III?
Headline in December 2024: "Israel threatens proto-amoebas on Uranus for not speaking out against anti-semitism". Israel is doomed. Hundreds of thousands are leaving, the economy is screwed, and their enemies are getting stronger by the day.
If Isra3l's aggressive Uncle is called in to lean on these recalcitrant states, that would seem to indicate that all (professed) belief in a Two State Solution (TSS) will have to be ditched. You can't credibly threaten an adversary for recognising one (indeed, both) of those states, unless the TSS was a bullshit agenda that USA knew it could pretend to back because it would never be operationalized.
I admit that my argument falls down with the word "credibly" - the US Deep State has no qualms about lying from both sides of the mouth and sneering at anyone who points out the contradiction.
Just sayin', to paraphrase Alexander Mercouris.
As usual there is a range of awareness of these issues, even among public figures who one supposes must be better informed than the average person. The unwillingness to face up to unpleasant realities is an enduring aspect of human nature throughout history--Emmanuel Lasker stated that that's the lesson on life that he took from his career in chess. OTOH, there are plenty of cynical manipulators in public life who use the TSS as a ruse for gaslighting others.
Germany has now indicated that they will cooperate with an ICC arrest warrant.
From the start, Israel has been a terrorist state. It began with the Nakba in 1947-1948 with terrorist massacres when 700,000 Palestinians were expelled from the lands they and their ancestors had inhabited for millennia. The criminal gangs who took over Israel were not survivors of the so-called Holocaust. They were largely refugees from the Russian Pale of Settlement forced at gunpoint by the Zionist leaders from Russia who were armed and sent on their way by Stalin. They were armed by the communist government of Czechoslovakia. They have never changed their modus operandi in setting up the apartheid state that continues to operate through terrorism. And on top of it all, they control the US government.
Gee whiz Israel, there sure are a lot of nations in yellow on the map, that recognize Palestine. Maybe y'all should issue some more threats.
So if the U.S. is Israel's "muscle" just what has the U.S. done or threatened to do to all those yellow countries on Israel's behalf already? Nothing that I know of...
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/massie-taunts-aipac-after-demolishing-primary-challengers
this might make Trump wet his bed.
“Zhou and the Dems desperately need Jewish money, and lots of it.” MW
What a contrast w Massie! massive integrity, honesty and loyalty to his constituents and the Constitution.
We have two dangerously delusional leaders right now, Zel and Net. You could add a third, because it’s due to his weakness, ineptitude and corruption that we have the other two. WW III?
Regarding those journalists and academics who are losing their jobs, look at who controls the media and academia.
Headline in December 2024: "Israel threatens proto-amoebas on Uranus for not speaking out against anti-semitism". Israel is doomed. Hundreds of thousands are leaving, the economy is screwed, and their enemies are getting stronger by the day.
That's perfect. Their reaction is as absurd as that.