Looking to continue his bid to court right-wing voters on the eve of the
election, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took extra steps to
announce that not only will the Palestinians never have their own
state, but that he, assuming he is reelected, will immediately start annexing the occupied West Bank into Israel, starting with settlements.
Netanyahu ruled out ever evacuating any “community” built in occupied
territory, and insisted that the realization of a Palestinian state
would necessarily “endanger our existence.” He took credit for the last
eight years of the Palestinians not getting a state, saying no one had
ever had to withstand such pressure.
Whether this is just usual pre-election bluster or a statement of policy
is unclear. Netanyahu claimed to have already informed Trump of his
intentions, saying that he would prefer to do the annexations gradually,
with US support, but would do it either way.
With Trump having just endorsed the Israeli annexation of the Golan
Heights, it will doubtless be seen internationally that any further
Israeli land grabs are at least somewhat Trump’s fault. Trump has in the
past suggested he wasn’t particularly concerned if the Middle East
peace process included a Palestinian state or not, and Israel may well
be taking him up on that.
Nazi Textbooks must be collectors item in Israel.
They are mandatory reading in Ziostani schools.
This is generally what happens when a country occupies someone else’s land for over 50 years. I would like nothing more than for us to get totally uninvolved in this whole damned region. That means no $, no military support, no diplomatic support to any of these damned countries. And I’m looking right at you, Israel.
Hopefully Israel will suffer a South Africa-like moment when the world realizes, hey, this government is vile and racist, and no amount of AIPAC money will be able to change anyone’s mind (barring the minds of those bought-off politicians in DC.)
Proving once and for all the lies about negotiation and a Peace Process by the Regime. Netanyahu going full bore for the immigrant, radical settler vote.
Let’s not assume this is just bluster… Israel has taken land over and over again, and now has Trump to provide diplomatic cover and Iran to threaten war on. Both leaders are in lock-step.
This is what Justin means by “our victory,” right?
MIGA
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-israel-idUSKCN1RI0N7
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/04/trump-tells-american-jews-netanyahu-prime-minister-bonkers-vegas-speech/
yes.
I remember the good old days when JR wasn’t a Trumpbot. I keep checking his columns to see if he’s writing about anything other than Peacemonger Trump’s glorious stand against “The Establishment” but sadly he seems to forget this site is http://www.antiwar.com and not http://www.letsgotrump.com.
Just be thankful that this is all pre-election BS to get Satanyahu re-elected. Trump, of course, will dutifully play his part by immediately recognizing Israeli sovereignty over the West Bank and Gaza, just like he did with the Golan. US Christian Zionists will be over there promoting the ethnic cleansing of all Palestinian Christians from the “Holy Land”. Can’t have those followers of gentle Jesus mucking up their warrior god’s plan for Armageddon, now can we. What a circus Israeli elections have become.
Oh, as there’s no way to comment on Justin’s latest missive, I hope he doesn’t end up in traction patting himself on the back about how right he was that Trump has been declared innocent of Russian collusion. He is right, of course, but the real foreign collusion going on in this country is what’s being done by Israel, and Justin’s not saying much of anything about that.
Why should Raimondo stop cherry picking now. No Russian collusion, the ultimate cherry, will be the cherry picked most often.
Perhaps for the next poetry slam……
Pollute the air, no collusion
Pollute the sea, no collusion
Escalate wars, no collusion
Money for the rich, no collusion
Swollen military, no collusion
Border debacle, no collusion
GolfGolfGolf, no collusion
Very fine nazi’s, no collusion
Tweetledeedum, no collusion
I could go on, no collusion…
Such a victory, My guy isnt being used by Russia….such a legacy.
I hope Nutty&Yahoo doesn’t get re-elected, Thomas; he’s the most corrupt pathological liar PM the Zionist Entity’s ever had, and that’s putting it mildly. Every Prime Minister Israel’s ever had told lies, but Nutty&Yahoo leads them all in both lies and corruption. He’s even outdone Ohlmert, who was ousted by the Likudniks, prosecuted and imprisoned.
If Ohlmert could be prosecuted and jailed for corruption, so can Nutty&Yahoo, who committed more corruption than any of his predecessors. More than that, he’s committed more war crimes than have his predecessors. Israel’s Supreme Court sorely needs to prosecute him for corruption, at least, and ban him from politics altogether .. but as for war crimes, the ICC needs to bring charges and prosecute him.
I wonder if JR applauded Bill Clinton when, after seven years of federally-funded investigations, he overcame the revolutionaries in the GOP like Gingrich impeaching him – for lying under oath about a private sexual act. Talk about a stretch.
I hope this is all election rhetoric – but this kind of rhetoric is dangerous, it opens the door to horrible possibilities if domestic politics start going downhill, Bibi will want a distraction.
And up until recently, you were able to comment on JR’s stories. They pulled the plug on his comment section when he started going all in on Trump without realizing that he’s an loudmouthed establishment enabler.
He pulled the plug. Got tired of us TDSers.
Actually, it was quite some time after he went all-in on Trump that he requested the plug be pulled on comments on his articles.
Hes always been anti liberalism first. And actually, he don’t know what it is. Perfect trumpster.
Has he really thought this on through? So a one state solution, what is the plan for non-Jews? Ignoring the apartheid aspects of Israel is going to become increasingly difficult.
That was the plan from the beginning for Eretz Yisrael.
Old Joke – God appears to Netanyahu and informs him that he, God intends to destroy the World very soon – probably tomorrow. Netanyahu goes on Israeli TV and proudly proclaims that God himself personally promised Netanyahu that there will never be a Palestinian State.
“I’m a dick! Vote for me!”
Sound familiar? Shit rolls down hill.