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Most Israelis oppose annexing or resettling Gaza. But that may not matter, because Netanyahu is not accountable to most Israelis, but rather to the hard-right factions who keep him in power. www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
The Israeli security establishment opposes this land grab. So do most Israelis, surveys have found for years. That dissent spilled into view last week when thousands of settler activists toured the Israeli border region near Gaza. “I hear these things and I’m horrified,” a soldier tasked with protecting the group told a reporter. “It’s revolting, because I know that my friends and younger brother are the ones who will guard those settlements.” Referring to one of the activists, he added: “My greatest fear is that your vision will come true, and that keeps me up whole nights. I don’t want my friends to sacrifice their lives for a goal that sanctifies the death of innocent people.” But popular opinion may not matter, because Netanyahu is not responsive to popular opinion. The prime minister’s coalition received just 48.4 percent of the vote in Israel’s most recent election, and only came to power thanks to support from far-right anti-Arab parties. Without them, Netanyahu’s government would collapse, and he would have to hold elections that polls show he would lose. In other words, the Israeli leader is beholden precisely to those who aim to annex Gaza and the occupied West Bank. The Biden administration worked to combat this influence, but President Donald Trump has not only relieved that pressure—he has joined the other side, calling for Gazans to be relocated to make way for a “Riviera in the Middle East.” The result: The obstacles to the far right’s blueprint for conquest and ethnic cleansing have been removed, and its agenda has effectively become Netanyahu’s policy.
August 7, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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jewishwonk.bsky.social
People have a lot to say about a Jewish state existing but curiously omit *the entire context* for why millions of Jews fled their homes to live there.
June 6, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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schraubd.bsky.social
If there is one unified evil we're witnessing, it's people who are eager to declare an entire national group (Israeli or Palestinian) irredeemably diseased, so that they can be justly hated w/out bounds or constraint.

They so obviously thirst to not just hate, but be *righteous* in their hatred.
May 21, 2025 at 5:34 AM