We Must Resist the Trump Plan
byBy embracing the two-state paradigm or even thinking it’s Washington’s role to broker a deal, Trump has adopted the major errors underlying all foreign attempts to end our conflict.
By embracing the two-state paradigm or even thinking it’s Washington’s role to broker a deal, Trump has adopted the major errors underlying all foreign attempts to end our conflict.
House demolitions, whether directed against Jews or Palestinians, draw the State of Israel deeper into an oppressor role Jews desperately need to break free from.
Celebrating the “Pompeo Doctrine” exposes the deep psychological subjugation of Jewish nationalists to the forces of US empire.
Detaining citizens without charge, obstructing their access to legal council and depriving them of sleep is exactly the type of behavior that undermines Israel’s claim to be a democratic society.
Despite the total lack of confidence most Israelis have in their politicians, lawmakers seem to have no trouble awarding themselves a pay hike to nearly nine times the national minimum wage.
While the Zionist establishment seem to want younger members, they are not interested in fresh ideas or new organizational structures.
Israel’s difficult balance between particularism and universalism is often highlighted around Ḥanukah, which celebrates the victory of a radical tribalist minority over the forces of cultural imperialism.
Washington’s interests in the Semitic region have long demanded the partition of Israel into two separate states, each dependent on US economic and military aid to survive.
Pro-Israel Jews in the US frequently call out anti-Semitism on the left but tend to ignore Donald Trump’s many anti-Jewish tropes and dog whistles.
Do Jews really have a future in the United States or is this place no different from pretty much any other foreign land we’ve wandered through?
If this was in fact a coup d’état, it was orchestrated by Avigdor Lieberman and goes way beyond the nation’s legal establishment.
It’s more likely that the statement was based on the Trump administration’s perception of its short term political interests than actually constituting a major long term shift in foreign policy.