JonOfGnod

In the land of gnod

[JonOfGnod @GnodJonof]

@dilanesper Building a house in the Jewish quarter of the old city of Jerusalem is theft?

[JonOfGnod @GnodJonof]

@HeTows @ReinceNiebuhr Halevai.

[JonOfGnod @GnodJonof]

@im_PULSE So no statehood for Gazans then, given how proud they are of all the children they murdered on October 7th.

[JonOfGnod @GnodJonof]

@goukisakumis @Arturmaks The residents of Gush Etzion were absolutely driven out (and many massacred) by Arabs in 1948.

[JonOfGnod @GnodJonof]

@sayagainall @Arturmaks Is it a war crime for Jews to live in the Jewish quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem?

[JonOfGnod @GnodJonof]

@Haki_Fadi3 @Arturmaks Er, try the Jewish quarter of the old city and the Gush Etzion bloc, many of whose inhabitants were murdered by Arabs in 1948.

[JonOfGnod @GnodJonof]

@HeTows @ReinceNiebuhr Given that Netanyahu seems intent on doing everything in his power to maintain this extremely damaging paradigm (he will barely admit it's problematic), then presumably that should also factor into voting decisions.

[JonOfGnod @GnodJonof]

@HeTows @ReinceNiebuhr Refusing to maintain an unprecedented (& frankly insane) paradigm in which a rapidly growing segment of the population (already 30% of Jewish births) demands endless subsidy & refuses to educate its males in a way that allows them not to depend on subsidies is pretty basic.

[JonOfGnod @GnodJonof]

@HeTows @ReinceNiebuhr If that PM does nothing to solve the exponentially expanding Charedi crisis and ends up falling out with the US to the extent that the most productive citizens leave (and this would take a couple of decades), then a Palestinian state would not be the only existential threat.

[JonOfGnod @GnodJonof]

@HeTows @ReinceNiebuhr The question is if it's a price that the segments of Israeli society most responsible for its economic productivity will be willing to pay, if that crisis in relations keeps escalating.

[JonOfGnod @GnodJonof]

@HeTows @ReinceNiebuhr I agree with the substance, but the next question would presumably be what needs to change from the Palestinian side for that position to change. Otherwise it's just permanent occupation without a political horizon, which may be acceptable to Israel but won't be to the Democrats.

[JonOfGnod @GnodJonof]

@HeTows @ReinceNiebuhr When a Democratic US President presses the Israeli PM on what aspiration Palestinians in the WB can have for not living under Israeli occupation, what would you like the PM to say?

[JonOfGnod @GnodJonof]

@estherzelda0514 There is no indication that Hamas would have agreed to the deal they ended up agreeing to (with the IDF in most of Gaza) under Biden.

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@YossiKreinin @HeTows There are literally Telegram accounts broadcasting and boasting about this. They list the number of attacks on the אויב הערבי per month, number of cars burned etc.

[JonOfGnod @GnodJonof]

@HeTows @YossiKreinin Of course, but it's still a major talking point, and an easy win for people like Emanuel, which is why he spoke about it. It also reduces Israel's credibility more broadly when it claims to enforce the law fairly etc.

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@HeTows @YossiKreinin I'm not sure if/how this applies to settler attacks on Palestinians though, where I'd guess Netanyahu's only reason for not cracking down harder is coalition considerations rather than any strategic benefit (& he's presumably not in denial about the international cost).

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@HeTows @tamritzblog Thanks - that rings true from afar.

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@HeTows @tamritzblog More details, please.

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@AlexisSpiegel @Bearcat50 @ReubenR80027912 @mattyglesias No disagreement from me there.

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@AlexisSpiegel @Bearcat50 @ReubenR80027912 @mattyglesias People absolutely tolerate dead kids, especially if they're Israeli kids killed by Palestinians.