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Re: Has support for Israel become the new GOP litmus test?
Every time there is a war in Gaza, regardless of how justified Israel is in engaging Hamas, in the end they lose support in the West.
Each and every time support in the end for a Palestinian State increases.
People can die by the 10’s of thousands as they are in Syria and other countries, and people nod off.
They do not nod off in regards to this conflict.
Support comes from the respective populations on their Govt. to act
It did not suddenly appear, it has been growing for years in the EU.
Bibi did a world of harm to Israel by stating he did not support a 2 Sate Solution, then backtracking with a clarification. The damage was done.
Have the Palestinians thrown away perfect opportunities to settle this. Yes.
Have they also thrown up roadblocks yes they have.
Has Israel done the same under Bibi, yes imho.
It used to be recognition of Israel was a demand, reasonable, that changed to recognizing Israel as a Jewish State. Why did that change?
20 % of the population is Arab. What are they, 2nd rate citizens?
A 2 State solution does benefit the US & EU- they rid themselves of a perennial problem, war, truce, rebuild, war, truce, rebuild.
And if a deal is ever finalized, Israel must retain the right to pursue any who attack from that new state.
And we have differing views on this.
I can live with that.
First of all if you believe the fact that the UN, US and EU involve themselves tirelessly with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict somehow implies it is an interest of either the US or the EU then you couldn't be more wrong. Secondly the above involvement was the same in the recent what? 30 years? It isn't the result of Netanyahu's statement if that's what you're implying. And finally, the actions promoted in the international facilities of the United Nations are not in support of the two-states solution, which is the only possible solution, but of a unilateral declaration of a Palestinian state that is not the result of negotiations and thus will not lead to peace. These actions must always be rejected by the US and never will be accepted by Israel, and the only thing the people who promote these United Nations resolutions are really promoting is yet more bloodshed, not peace as they are either misled to believe or misleading others to believe in the case of the Palestinians themselves.
So no, solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is not an American interest and not a European interest. It grants them absolutely nothing. An interest is something that benefits your nation, and since the Israeli-Palestinian conflict effects only Israel and the Palestinians then only these two must see peace as a national interest. It will not "bring stability to the entire Middle East" as the delusional would claim and it will not minimize the bloodshed in the region since the amount of people who die due to this conflict on a daily average is nothing compared to places like Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen, etc. So once again the fact that European and American administrations pay great attention to this conflict does not mean it somehow became a national interest of theirs as you were falsely claiming, so next time you're about to claim I'm avoiding reality you should do a reality check with yourself, first.
Every time there is a war in Gaza, regardless of how justified Israel is in engaging Hamas, in the end they lose support in the West.
Each and every time support in the end for a Palestinian State increases.
People can die by the 10’s of thousands as they are in Syria and other countries, and people nod off.
They do not nod off in regards to this conflict.
Support comes from the respective populations on their Govt. to act
It did not suddenly appear, it has been growing for years in the EU.
Bibi did a world of harm to Israel by stating he did not support a 2 Sate Solution, then backtracking with a clarification. The damage was done.
Have the Palestinians thrown away perfect opportunities to settle this. Yes.
Have they also thrown up roadblocks yes they have.
Has Israel done the same under Bibi, yes imho.
It used to be recognition of Israel was a demand, reasonable, that changed to recognizing Israel as a Jewish State. Why did that change?
20 % of the population is Arab. What are they, 2nd rate citizens?
A 2 State solution does benefit the US & EU- they rid themselves of a perennial problem, war, truce, rebuild, war, truce, rebuild.
And if a deal is ever finalized, Israel must retain the right to pursue any who attack from that new state.
And we have differing views on this.
I can live with that.