the only thing that will guarantee peace--the only thing that *ever has* guaranteed peace--is a community of prosperous, liberal democracies. a nation permanently under siege will never become a prosperous, peaceful democracy. this is the simple truth.
it is the explicit policy of men like bezalel smotrich and itamar ben-gvir and the implicit policy of benjamin netanyahu that palestinians will never have a state. that this is one of the chief obstacles to peace is, again, a simple truth. hashiloach.org.il/israels-deci...
The "two-state" model has led Israel to a dead end. It has brought a sense of despair of ending the conflict, and a turn to "managing" it as a cruel and eternal decree of fate. The alternative to this...
This is true of both our country and Palestine.