This is a fascinating survey of the political realities of contemporary Israel from the perspective of an Israeli leftist. Although I don’t endorse every view expressed by the author I do consider this piece to be an excellent tool to understand the internal political influences pushing and pulling in Israel right now.

Please be skeptical of the claims made in this article. This was posted for purposes of cultural insight

  •  jarfil   ( @jarfil@beehaw.org ) 
    6•10 months ago

    If I understand the reasoning correctly, having any Palestinians on the land, is an “existential threat” in two ways:

    • It gives standing to the “Two States” proposal, which goes against Israel’s goal of controlling all the land.
    • There are about as many Palestinians as Israeli citizens, meaning if they were to ever hold a democratic self-determination referendum on the land, the state of Israel could actually lose.

    The zionist idea that Israel is under threat from all sides, […] is absurd.

    It’s part of the amended Zionist strategy after they realized Holocaust refugees wouldn’t be enough to meet their goals: pissing Arab countries so much, that it’ll put Jewish citizens under threat, so they want to seek refuge by populating Israel.

    Now they keep playing the same card both to appear as the underdog who needs aid, and to keep their own population convinced that it’s a bad idea to leave Israel, but a great idea to take arms and risk their life to defend the land, while continuing the ethnic cleansing.