Well I just want to say it’s been an interesting conversation and I appreciate the measured tone you’ve taken and your efforts to explain your position. I really do.
I think you’re right that my friends are probably in the 2nd group you outlined. I think Carter, Clinton, Obabma, (and yes, Biden) all fall into that category of working towards a two-state solution that allows everyone to live peaceably. Certainly that’s the dominant message I’ve ever recieved from the Democrats.
But as for this part: The problem is that following the Oslo Accords, the far-right recognized that momentum was slowly shifting their way, and the liberal zionists never fought it. They liked the idea of rights and justice, but they didn’t really have the stomach to advocate for the agency of Palestinians.
Wasn’t that the whole issue about Yitzhak Rabin? As per Wikipedia:
In 1992, Rabin was re-elected as prime minister on a platform embracing the Israeli–Palestinian peace process. He signed several historic agreements with the Palestinian leadership as part of the Oslo Accords. In 1994, Rabin won the Nobel Peace Prize together with long-time political rival Shimon Peres and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. Rabin also signed a peace treaty with Jordan in 1994. In November 1995, he was assassinated by Yigal Amir, an extremist who opposed the terms of the Oslo Accords.
So the way I saw it, was that his assassination was a coup for the far right as represented by Bibi and the Likud is the equivalent of the MAGATs here - that is to say, utterly reprehensible people who do not represent what most people want.
But you’re making the case that in fact most people DO want what Likud is selling they just don’t have the courage to express it? If that’s the case, how do you know this? I mean is it strictly anecdotal or do you know of some other data that suggests that? I admit I’m only going by what I have heard and my assumptions from reading the news, so that’s why I’m asking.
And, more than that, that Biden somehow falls into the category of supporting a two-state solution but secretly (?) wanting to eliminate all Palestinians?
Well I just want to say it’s been an interesting conversation and I appreciate the measured tone you’ve taken and your efforts to explain your position. I really do.
I think you’re right that my friends are probably in the 2nd group you outlined. I think Carter, Clinton, Obabma, (and yes, Biden) all fall into that category of working towards a two-state solution that allows everyone to live peaceably. Certainly that’s the dominant message I’ve ever recieved from the Democrats.
But as for this part: The problem is that following the Oslo Accords, the far-right recognized that momentum was slowly shifting their way, and the liberal zionists never fought it. They liked the idea of rights and justice, but they didn’t really have the stomach to advocate for the agency of Palestinians.
Wasn’t that the whole issue about Yitzhak Rabin? As per Wikipedia:
So the way I saw it, was that his assassination was a coup for the far right as represented by Bibi and the Likud is the equivalent of the MAGATs here - that is to say, utterly reprehensible people who do not represent what most people want.
But you’re making the case that in fact most people DO want what Likud is selling they just don’t have the courage to express it? If that’s the case, how do you know this? I mean is it strictly anecdotal or do you know of some other data that suggests that? I admit I’m only going by what I have heard and my assumptions from reading the news, so that’s why I’m asking.
And, more than that, that Biden somehow falls into the category of supporting a two-state solution but secretly (?) wanting to eliminate all Palestinians?