Is there a point at which the genocide in Gaza becomes egregious enough to provoke other countries to directly intervene in the Gaza Strip to prevent further genocide?
My daughter and I have had this discussion several times, and come to the same conclusion each time - it could only work with massive coordinated efforts from Jordan, Egypt and Lebanon - and none of those countries would permit anyone to come near the borders. Still, it might be the only way...nothing else is working
More than forty years of fruitless pursuit of a two-state solution shows the futility. Israel likes the pursuit because it permits them to continue seizing Palestinian land and evict Palestinians. Neither Palestinians nor Israelis want a two-state solution.
I hear you, Paul. As pacifists, Mark and I have been saying for months we would gladly be part of a massive non-violent civilian intervention, knowing full well many of us would die (and I'd volunteer for the front line). But my pacifism, this has taught me, has limits. If there has ever in history been a justifiable armed intervention, this is it. I'm stunned to hear myself say it, but it's what I believe. Yemen has been standing up with the Palestinian militants for months, and in addition to trying to protect Lebanon's territorial integrity, I think Hezbollah is doing what they can, but that's it.
Please understand that there's a glaring double standard for Hate Speech. Israeli and American politicians can call for genocide and ethnic cleansing in public, and in the media, without any consequence or accountability. Your comment is legal, and protected under our 1st Amendment (such as it is), but it's counter-productive.
IF you want the residents of Gaza and the West Bank to survive this ordeal, and if you want an end to the killing, the only way to make that happen is a 2-state solution, as proposed repeatedly by U.N. resolutions. At this point, neither Israel's "solution," nor Hamas's, can happen.
Please -- for the sake of all the people you purport to protect -- delete your comment. In this twisted world, it only gives the Israelis more permission to continue their genocide, in the name of self-defense.
Any country that requires its population to be predominantly of a particular race, religion or ethnicity must periodically commit genocide and/or ethnic cleansing in order to maintain an overwhelming majority in the population. When that country wants to exist in a region where that population is a minority, it must use genocide and ethnic cleansing to even create the country in the first place, and then to enlarge it. Israel has said it does not accept to be less than 80% Jewish. It will always be a genocide waiting to happen. There is no two-state solution where one of those states requires genocide in order to exist.Any country that requires its population to be predominantly of a particular race, religion or ethnicity must periodically commit genocide and/or ethnic cleansing in order to maintain an overwhelming majority in the population. When that country wants to exist in a region where that population is a minority, it must use genocide and ethnic cleansing to even create the country in the first place, and then to enlarge it. Israel has said it does not accept to be less than 80% Jewish. It will always be a genocide waiting to happen. There is no two-state solution where one of those states requires genocide in order to exist.
My daughter and I have had this discussion several times, and come to the same conclusion each time - it could only work with massive coordinated efforts from Jordan, Egypt and Lebanon - and none of those countries would permit anyone to come near the borders. Still, it might be the only way...nothing else is working
More than forty years of fruitless pursuit of a two-state solution shows the futility. Israel likes the pursuit because it permits them to continue seizing Palestinian land and evict Palestinians. Neither Palestinians nor Israelis want a two-state solution.
Amen, brother
I hear you, Paul. As pacifists, Mark and I have been saying for months we would gladly be part of a massive non-violent civilian intervention, knowing full well many of us would die (and I'd volunteer for the front line). But my pacifism, this has taught me, has limits. If there has ever in history been a justifiable armed intervention, this is it. I'm stunned to hear myself say it, but it's what I believe. Yemen has been standing up with the Palestinian militants for months, and in addition to trying to protect Lebanon's territorial integrity, I think Hezbollah is doing what they can, but that's it.
I also volunteered for a planned cross-border march, but it never happened, as I was certain it would not. Egypt would never permit it.
stand with Hamas: end Israel
Please understand that there's a glaring double standard for Hate Speech. Israeli and American politicians can call for genocide and ethnic cleansing in public, and in the media, without any consequence or accountability. Your comment is legal, and protected under our 1st Amendment (such as it is), but it's counter-productive.
IF you want the residents of Gaza and the West Bank to survive this ordeal, and if you want an end to the killing, the only way to make that happen is a 2-state solution, as proposed repeatedly by U.N. resolutions. At this point, neither Israel's "solution," nor Hamas's, can happen.
Please -- for the sake of all the people you purport to protect -- delete your comment. In this twisted world, it only gives the Israelis more permission to continue their genocide, in the name of self-defense.
Any country that requires its population to be predominantly of a particular race, religion or ethnicity must periodically commit genocide and/or ethnic cleansing in order to maintain an overwhelming majority in the population. When that country wants to exist in a region where that population is a minority, it must use genocide and ethnic cleansing to even create the country in the first place, and then to enlarge it. Israel has said it does not accept to be less than 80% Jewish. It will always be a genocide waiting to happen. There is no two-state solution where one of those states requires genocide in order to exist.Any country that requires its population to be predominantly of a particular race, religion or ethnicity must periodically commit genocide and/or ethnic cleansing in order to maintain an overwhelming majority in the population. When that country wants to exist in a region where that population is a minority, it must use genocide and ethnic cleansing to even create the country in the first place, and then to enlarge it. Israel has said it does not accept to be less than 80% Jewish. It will always be a genocide waiting to happen. There is no two-state solution where one of those states requires genocide in order to exist.