From the River to the Sea
A single, muti-ethnic, democratic state.
The whole notion that Israel's war on Palestinians began on October 7 is preposterous and, more often than not, disengenuous. Israel's invasion and destruction of Gaza was never -- not even for a day -- a "just war." Occupiers do NOT get to claim self-defense; that's international law.. Prison-camp guards do NOT get to claim self-defense.
Looking at it historically, the WWII Holocaust genocide was definitely attempted within the boundaries of the expanding German state, but it was also clearly unsuccessful. And the Holocaust was immediately weaponized post WWII to justify the immorality and folly of the Zionist project. The entire premise of a Jewish ethno-state based on expulsion, appropriation, and land theft was a mistake from the beginning; a tragic folly. We've been "had."
Nevertheless, I have not to date and do not now advocate the destruction of Israel. What I DO advocate is a single, muti-ethnic, democratic state "from the river to the sea" as the ONLY just solution to the Zionism problem that threatens to drag the whole Middle East and perhaps the world into a new world war. No, I do not believe this solution will happen. It is surely possible, but it won't happen. But I also believe that a two-state solution CANNOT happen with a million "settlers" already expelling and brutalizing more Palestinians from their land in the West Bank. Zionist fanatics will not allow a two-state solution and no Israeli government can now control them. That's why I believe that this tar-baby will continue to drag us down. And because it is a betrayal of our own revoutionary ideals of liberty and justice for all, destroy what's left of our national foundation along with its own.
And here, in closing, is a message for my Christian, so-called "friends of Israel" --
Matthew 5: 38-40.
38 Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:
39 But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
40 And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also.
Anything less, you cannot call yourself a follower of the Teacher. You are what I call wanna-believers. You talk the talk, but don't walk the walk. You are sowing the wind and you will reap the whirlwind ... for us all
I don't know what more I can add to this post. Everything is clearly set out. What's more, it's an honest analysis based on an objective reading of the events that have plagued this part of the world for 75 years. As far as the 'solution' to this programmed madness, this premeditated tragedy, is concerned, a single state seems to me to be the only answer if these peoples, so close culturally and religiously, are to live side by side, if not together. To achieve this, the hatemongers would have to be put out of their misery, whatever group they belong to. Utopia? Perhaps it is. But to think that the solution would be an option is in itself illusory when you consider the deliberate and criminal fragmentation of the West Bank. From the river to the sea, yes, but with the determination of people of goodwill and the resolute support of the international community.
I agree that publicly-funded education is essential, not only for the basic skills but for the study of civics. And, of course, the children of immigrants were and still are quickly assimilated into dominant American culture because of the schools. The challenges associated with the arrival of a large number of immigrants are very real. In many parts of the U.S. we already have thousands of people homeless and our social welfare services struggling to meet the need. And, then, there is the challenge of pluralism versus multiculturalism described by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.