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The Hundred Years' War on Palestine
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The Hundred Years' War on Palestine
A History of Settler Colonial Conquest and Resistance, 1917-2017 by Rashid Khalidi
A landmark history of one hundred years of war waged against the Palestinians from the foremost US historian of the Middle East, told through pivotal events and family history.
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Needs to, has to, must... Those are slogans. Let's get real.
The war in Gaza will probably end in a ceasefire that will not last. Where do we go from there? How do we break the cycle of bilateral violence?
If that ever happens, who should lead the Palestinians and what should they do to promote an independent and self-reliant Palestine?
@[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] Do you for one moment think that things can go on like this inside Israel, for Israel? It's unsustainable. Let go or be dragged. I look at Israel and I see a deranged and genocidal nation.
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In a way you're right. We can debate the fine details, but the observation is valid to some extent.
How does that help us? Is the solution to wait a few decades and hope for Gandalf to come and steer history in the right direction?
@ymishory @appassionato @bookstodon @palestine I guess it means that Israel in its present form won't exist for much longer.
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So.... do nothing and wait? Easy enough.
@[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] That's what's happening now isn't it? Or no, rather, Israel's genociding is generously funded by the USA and morally justified by most "civilized nations" that claim that the Israelis are the victim here because they're jewish and it's kind of an ethnic thing. Just outrageous. Meanwhile the contracts on the natural gas exploration just off the coast of Gaza have been signed. So. [shrugs shoulders]
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You keep going back to describing how bad things are, when we've already agreed that it's a bloody mess.
I'm trying to understand your endgame. If, as you say, it's just a matter of time and there's nothing to be done right now, why waste the time and energy on endless debates?
If, on the other hand, there's some course of action that could change things for the better, what is it?