This is an extraordinarily well written piece. My concern is that neither of the powers that be for either side are interested in a two nation solution. This is a dream of those in the west who want to see an end to this quagmire. For Arabs/Muslims this is not about Palestine , but rather destroying Israel and to that there is no end. I just do not see a peaceful solution and that's depressing.
Friends just explained to me that the Soviet Union was the essential backer of Israel's founding and primary source of weapons and other resources for its war of Independence. The story goes that Stalin hated Jews and welcomed a vehicle to remove them from Soviet territory. Israel's socialist history is of course well known.
I found all of this very funny because today, Israel's biggest attractors are far lefties and socialists, depending on how you count right-wing anti-semites. My understanding is that the USSR turned against Israel when it became a strong liberal democracy and, wait for it, shining city on a hill, in a region of poverty and authoritarianism.
This is an extraordinarily well written piece. My concern is that neither of the powers that be for either side are interested in a two nation solution. This is a dream of those in the west who want to see an end to this quagmire. For Arabs/Muslims this is not about Palestine , but rather destroying Israel and to that there is no end. I just do not see a peaceful solution and that's depressing.
It does seem pretty intractable...
Friends just explained to me that the Soviet Union was the essential backer of Israel's founding and primary source of weapons and other resources for its war of Independence. The story goes that Stalin hated Jews and welcomed a vehicle to remove them from Soviet territory. Israel's socialist history is of course well known.
I found all of this very funny because today, Israel's biggest attractors are far lefties and socialists, depending on how you count right-wing anti-semites. My understanding is that the USSR turned against Israel when it became a strong liberal democracy and, wait for it, shining city on a hill, in a region of poverty and authoritarianism.
I wish substack comments autosaved!
Stalin was so often someone's strange bedfellow!
*detractors