@NYMag Who gives a flying f what some anti-Israel progressive losers think? Herzliya isn’t in Gaza or the West Bank so if there’s backlash then screw them.
Everyone knows that a two-state solution would involve an Arab-only Palestine alongside a multiethnic Israel with a sizable Arab minority with full citizenship. Yet we're supposed to believe that Israel is the racist apartheid ethnostate. As ever, hatred of Israel is subrational.
@Timodc You'reway too hard on Israel vis a vis Iran. Iran represents an existential threat to Israel via proxies and its willingness to attack targets t/o the world.If it obtains nuclear weapons there is a good chance it willuse them against Israel.America doesn't have those worries.
I'm a middle eastern historian. My own family were made refugees. And this is my honest view of the Nakba (“catastrophe”) - the displacement of around 700,000 Palestinian Arabs during the 1947–49 war surrounding the creation of Israel.
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@ianbremmer Exactly. Israel did the math and determined it was worth the inevitable response. I'm not sure the U.S. evaluated the implications of its actions but that's on the Trump administration and not Bibi. Also would be helpful if Trump were consistent with his rationale.
@JoJoFromJerz@defense_civil25@babsforlife Love 99.99% of your takes but disagree here. Neither Trump nor Netanyahu "started this war". Legit question of whether US should be involved at this stage but that is a different question than whether Israel was right. Iran funds all its enemies who never stop.
@Rosenbergradio@thedavidk Very few believed Iran. Even the UN this week said Iran was not in compliance. Don’t conflate Israel/Palestinian dispute with Israel’s existential battle with Iran. Your dad’s article is slanted. I urge you to read Thomas Friedman piece today for a better take
@tenphihik@Israel@HJS_Org@Mr_Andrew_Fox@Aizenberg55 So you are saying that Israelis are Nazis and liars and you quote goebbels who says accuse the other side of what you are guilty. So I guess you’re really saying that you’re a Nazi and liar.