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ENOUGH
by BlueStateMan
Posted on 27 March 2010 | 4:04 pm 
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The concept of the SOVEREIGN State of Israel is a VALID one… especially given the AGES old history of the persecution of the Jews as a way to DEFEND ourselves from those who would start another GENOCIDE against us (& don’t think for a MINUTE that there aren’t PLENTY of those still around)….
But “Zionism”.. after it was HIJACKED by a bunch of messianic troglodytes, took it WAY too far & started to liken this “sovereignty” to a blood feud… the (deserved) CHIP on Israels shoulder after the Holocaust seemed to have GRAFTED itself to the mindset of these hardliners.. things that need to be EXCISED from the soul of Israel once & for all.
The HARDLINERS’ juvenile contention that somehow Israel would be giving ANYTHING “back” as opposed to SHARING it is the kind in intractable mindset that has caused COUNTLESS GENERATIONS of innocents to suffer & die.. live their lives in FEAR & LOATHING & HOPELESSNESS…& it is the mindset that will end up DESTROYING it.
Enough.
This is only PERIPHERALLY a political problem.. it’s based almost ENTIRELY upon raw EMOTION.. the hardest thing to even DEFINE, no less debate & resolve… yet no solutions will stand the test of time if they are solely relegated to politics.
These new settlements.. in fact ALL SETTLEMENTS need to GO… & UNTIL then, ALL financial support the United States affords Israel must STOP… & we should BOYCOTT their products as well.
Israel AGREED to do this DECADES ago.. as well as their PROMISE to revert back to pre-1967 borders. They RENEGED.. & that is a SHANDA.
As a Jew whose father (bless his soul) ran GUNS to Israel with Zimmel Reznik in the late 40’s, I FERVENTLY support the premise that The State of Israel MUST endure.
As a LIBERAL, I’m ASHAMED of some of the rhetoric.. some just simplistic.. some PLAINLY antisemitic by so-called “progressives” on some sites like The Huffington Post regarding Israel.
That said, I am VERY ASHAMED that the neoconservatives currently in power are THUGS who have committed atrocities in Gaza & the West Bank (turning Gaza into a GHETTO that can rival WARSAW)… & have treated the Palestinian People as WE had been treated in Germany.
The people of Israel MUST purge themselves of the same malignancy that WE had managed to do a year ago last November…. & they need to be afforded the SAME patience in doing so that WE were afforded… & I am THANKFUL for the stand that President Obama & Secretary of State Clinton have taken to put Bibi Netanyahu in his PLACE.
ALL of the Arab Nations are going to have to be MUCH more proactive in settling this dispute than they have done… the quasi-righteous indignation spouted by them regarding the Palestinians NEVER actually manifested as anything other than cynical, empty rhetoric..
For example, when Netanyahu is FINALLY bounced by Livni (she actually WON last time.. but Bibi pulled a “Bush” on her & stole it) the REAL process can restart.
Israel MUST return to pre-1967 borders, which means that the GOLAN HEIGHTS has to go back to SYRIA, who was controlling the territory when they attacked Israel. Like it or not, THEY have to have a dog in this fight as well… & allow the Palestinians to annex it as their own.
Gaza & the West Bank (along with Golan) should comprise the SOVEREIGN STATE of PALESTINE.
As much influence that the United States might have with Israel.. the ONE MAN in the region who is INDISPENSABLE is KING ABDULLAH of JORDAN… who is the ONLY PARTICIPANT that can make this work for ALL PARTIES.
In Islam, the Hashemite King of Jordan is the ONLY ruler in that region charged with the “Guardianship” over JERUSALEM…
NOT “Israel”…
NOT “Palestine”..
NOT the United States..
Israel MUST stop the childish notion that if they SHARE Jerusalem.. they ”lose” Jerusalem… & if it turns out to be the case that this is the ONLY barrier to a MEANINGFUL peace agreement, then they MUST compromise.
For me, Israel should once again adopt TEL AVIV as it’s Capitol.. Palestine should name Hebron theirs.. & Jerusalem should be designated an INTERNATIONAL CITY… Generally overseen by Jordan… with the disparate “zones” autonomously adjudicated by the different ethnicity’s that live in them.
At SOME point, for the good of Israel.. for the good of the region.. for the good of the WORLD, they will realize that “dominion” over what is no more than MORTAR, STONE, WOOD & DUST isn’t as important as their CHILDREN.
The animosities in the Mideast have been ongoing for EONS…
….but we should NEVER stop trying to END the INSANITY once & for ALL. .
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Interesting commentary from Mayor Barkat of Jerusalem:
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Good article, Blue! Naomi Klein’s Boycott, Divest, Sanction piece is great.
There is no other peaceful way to change the dynamics of the situation. There are no honest brokers at the table, none with any power. The Israeli hardliners are determined to attack, subjugate, isolate, and impoverish the Palestinians, to say nothing of stealing their territory. This sort of treatment causes a political radicalization on the Palestinian side and empowers their own hardliners, who attack in return. Of course, those attacks further strengthen the hardliners on that side, and so on and so on, round and round it goes, with innocent men, women and children on both sides constantly victimized by each others’ and their own authoritarians.
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March 28th, 2010 at 12:51 am
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March 28th, 2010 at 1:28 am
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The problem is, hardliners know their power derives from having an enemy threat. Why would they want to eliminate that?
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March 28th, 2010 at 12:16 pm
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Yes, I read that and found it quite interesting. I think that there is something America has, besides a boycott that is at our fingertips. Currently, we give more money to Israel in foreign aid than any other country, and nearly all of it is for US weapons purchases. If America had the political will it could use the flow of that money to influence their policy. Unfortunately I don’t see the current president as any kind of peace broker in the Middle East, nor do I seem him willing or interested in resolving the Palestinian/Israel problem, or putting his foot on the neck of the defense industry.
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Extremely thoughtful and provocative post, BSM. Glad to see someone bring the topic up. I got an email from a friend a few weeks back, simply entitled ” Wieseltier publicly called Sullivan an Anti-Semite”, with a link. I was pretty shocked. For various reasons we’d been following both of them for years, Sullivan most recently at The Atlantic and Wieseltier at The New Republic. They each had a passion for politics and personal cachet that couldn’t be easily surpassed. At times they seemed to live to feud and disagree, but always in that chummy, lofty way that guaranteed future good debates for the audiences that tuned in. Not after that last match, though.
As we see around us every day, from Capitol Hill to the local bar, politics can divide us like nobody’s business. But religion … that’s deep. Cheers to you for tackling it. I look forward to seeing what develops. I applaud anyone who takes the time to learn more about an issue than what progressives are currently meant to champion.
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Well I can’t help but agree with everything you’ve said here, BSM.
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I too agree that Israeli policy must change. However, it needs a partner willing to move towards peace. The rhetoric from the Palestinian authority only inflames the emotions of the people on the ground and in their communities. It is in those communities that the peace process must begin. Plant the seeds in the peoples minds that it is possible. And that trusting each other will help them move forward. Trust is the building block that must built and developed, not settlements for the peace process to continue. But to say that America should boycott Israel is absurd.
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March 27th, 2010 at 9:03 pm
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March 27th, 2010 at 9:29 pm
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Hello there. What an interesting name.
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March 28th, 2010 at 8:26 am
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Welcome to the Range, colorado.
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Great post, BSM ! – thanks so much for articulating this so well for many of us ….
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Good post, Blue, and thanks for the links.
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I agree as my family is half Jewish. It’s time for Israel to stop being a canker on the anus of humanity. Only by accepting their neighbors as human beings worthy of equal respect will there ever be a chance for peace in the region.
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Love the picture, Blue. I agree that it is time for Israel and the U.S. to stop playing this game of hardball and get down to the peace table so the kids can do that.
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March 27th, 2010 at 4:57 pm
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I like that pic too.
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