What goes unsaid is that Israel has never had to compromise on anything significant since 1967. From that point onward there has been nothing but loss for the Palestinians, whether in stolen occupied territory, Palestinian lives or diplomatic moves thwarted in the UN by the US veto. In addition the US has obediently followed Israeli wishes in such things as stopping funding from UNRWA and withdrawing from UNESCO.
Now we have the ultimate in Israeli demands - that slaughter be continued in Gaza and, due to repeated face slappings of Iran by Israel, that Iran respond and the US automatically come in for Israel as Netanyahu has hoped for so long.
The blame for this can all be attributed to the corruption of the US political system, leveraged by Israel. The plight of the Palestinians and any war that comes between the US and Iran is also the responsibility of the US capitulating to pro-Israeli political power. The world's only superpower is behaving like a mouse and in the process greatly damaging itself both in the eyes of the world and, soon, in the needless sacrifice of American lives for a micro-state founded on and endlessly pursuing ethnic cleansing.
Now, the burden is on Israel to concede. The Palestinians have many tens of thousands dead for their part to add to the decades of previous losses in every area.
A possible scenario is the US getting in a fighting war with Iran which neither the US nor Iran can win, which in 5 years gets blamed on Jews in the US by the far right (selective amnesia by the far right Christian Zionists who supports such a war at present), leading to pogroms against Jews in the US.
Thank you for this murtaza, would be interesting to hear/read your thoughts on the prospects of Harris/Walz response to the question of Palestine, and how they might differ because their stance (while I have no hopes in) is softer than Biden and his 1960s imperialist liberalism..
Events keep moving faster and everything seems closer and closer to spiraling out of control.
At this point, irrespective of what happens in the next few weeks or months, I question the long-term viability of the American-Israeli alliance (and Western support for Israel more broadly) in its present form. I understand path dependence is huge and we have a lame duck administration who's leader is from (and imagines an Israel and Middle East) of a different era - but support for the status quo is evaporating on generational lines and I think a material chunk of the remainder is relatively soft and could be critically weakened by a serious conflict. The post 9/11 era is over. The American unipolar moment is over. The American public has near zero appetite for another serious war in the Middle East and the medium to long term effects of spilling blood and treasure on behalf of the Israeli (hard right) would seem to put the alliance on dubious long term footing.
What goes unsaid is that Israel has never had to compromise on anything significant since 1967. From that point onward there has been nothing but loss for the Palestinians, whether in stolen occupied territory, Palestinian lives or diplomatic moves thwarted in the UN by the US veto. In addition the US has obediently followed Israeli wishes in such things as stopping funding from UNRWA and withdrawing from UNESCO.
Now we have the ultimate in Israeli demands - that slaughter be continued in Gaza and, due to repeated face slappings of Iran by Israel, that Iran respond and the US automatically come in for Israel as Netanyahu has hoped for so long.
The blame for this can all be attributed to the corruption of the US political system, leveraged by Israel. The plight of the Palestinians and any war that comes between the US and Iran is also the responsibility of the US capitulating to pro-Israeli political power. The world's only superpower is behaving like a mouse and in the process greatly damaging itself both in the eyes of the world and, soon, in the needless sacrifice of American lives for a micro-state founded on and endlessly pursuing ethnic cleansing.
Now, the burden is on Israel to concede. The Palestinians have many tens of thousands dead for their part to add to the decades of previous losses in every area.
A possible scenario is the US getting in a fighting war with Iran which neither the US nor Iran can win, which in 5 years gets blamed on Jews in the US by the far right (selective amnesia by the far right Christian Zionists who supports such a war at present), leading to pogroms against Jews in the US.
Thank you for this murtaza, would be interesting to hear/read your thoughts on the prospects of Harris/Walz response to the question of Palestine, and how they might differ because their stance (while I have no hopes in) is softer than Biden and his 1960s imperialist liberalism..
Jummah Mubarak too!
Events keep moving faster and everything seems closer and closer to spiraling out of control.
At this point, irrespective of what happens in the next few weeks or months, I question the long-term viability of the American-Israeli alliance (and Western support for Israel more broadly) in its present form. I understand path dependence is huge and we have a lame duck administration who's leader is from (and imagines an Israel and Middle East) of a different era - but support for the status quo is evaporating on generational lines and I think a material chunk of the remainder is relatively soft and could be critically weakened by a serious conflict. The post 9/11 era is over. The American unipolar moment is over. The American public has near zero appetite for another serious war in the Middle East and the medium to long term effects of spilling blood and treasure on behalf of the Israeli (hard right) would seem to put the alliance on dubious long term footing.