PedroMendez
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why did Gantz and the other guys, who were running against him, negotiate to form a government with him?
why did Gantz and the other guys, who were running against him, negotiate to form a government with him?
Gantz couldn’t form a government as two of his own MKs refused to consider forming a government backed by the Arab parties, which was Gantz’s only path. And Gantz apparently couldn’t stomach a fourth round of elections in the midst of the current crisis, so calculated his only remaining means of participating in the next government was unity with Likud. Which split his party. Which may have been Netanyahu’s plan in stringing Gantz along. Fourth elections now look more promising for Netanyahu than the proposed unity government, especially as Israel appears to be handling Covid-19 quite well.why did Gantz and the other guys, who were running against him, negotiate to form a government with him?
I’ve seen this exact thing said by a number of Israelis who I’d tend to trust on such matters.Gantz must be one of the most inept politicians out there
The right remains fiercely loyal to him. And he’s managed to retain a unique control over his own party, where other men would have been ousted by now.It should be easy to win in the center against this version of Bibi.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/07/opinion/contributors/annexing-west-bank-israel-palestinians.htmlSixth, annexation would be likely to make more Palestinians eligible to become citizens of Israel. That would be a profound mistake, since its Arab citizens constitute what I believe is the ultimate enemy of Israel’s status as a Jewish state, the one that will still be standing after the threats posed by Iran and Gaza have been dealt with. Citizens of Israel, unlike external enemies, cannot be defeated. Their allegiance must be won over, and the larger their number, the harder that becomes.
I’ve posted a good few videos from that channel on here over the years, it’s excellent. He used a question I sent to him years ago but I can’t seem to find the video now.Not sure if this has been posted before but I quite like this youtube channel:
Asking Palestinians & Israelis what they think
Its run by a Canadian Jew who now lives in Israel and the questions are often sent in by viewers (and can of course be biased) but I've always found it an interesting insight into how some on all the sides there may think and why.
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Out of interest, what was the question?I’ve posted a good few videos from that channel on here over the years, it’s excellent. He used a question I sent to him years ago but I can’t seem to find the video now.
I expected nothing less!“Have you changed your mind about any aspect of the conflict over the years?"
It was around 2013/14 I think.
https://www.thecanary.co/global/wor...idarity-activists-in-the-uk-are-hitting-back/The Israeli state is threatening another massive land theft in the West Bank. With the approval of US president Donald Trump, the Israeli government is planning to make its theft of the Jordan Valley official, and to annex Israel’s illegal colonies in the West Bank.
Decolonise our universities
Meanwhile, supporters of Palestinians in the UK have been campaigning with renewed urgency. And now they say some of that hard work has paid off.
The Apartheid Off Campus campaign has been calling on British universities to cut ties with the Hebrew university in East Jerusalem. Several British universities have connections with the Hebrew University, including exchange programmes where UK students are put up in halls of residence in Hebrew University’s Mount Scopus campus in East Jerusalem.
Sure it is, though probably not so much in terms of a resolution to this conflict. Netanyahu agrees not to annex parts of the West Bank (something I think he never really wanted to do anyway), but beyond that the Palestinians are pretty irrelevant in this. Israel has never been less isolated in its history, and it would not be too surprising to see the likes of Morocco and Oman follow the UAE soon enough. Meanwhile peace with the Palestinians has not looked so far away in decades. So it’s something of a vindication for Netanyahu’s double policy of proactive diplomacy and ignoring the peace process. And since one of the promises of the “peace process” was that it would facilitate Israel’s integration into the wider region, it’s the kind of development which may bolster the case of those on the Israeli side of the equation who claim that engaging in the peace process is pointless.Is this significant? @2cents
Israel and UAE strike historic deal to normalise relations https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-53770859
So is the one state solution.Two sate solution is dead.
A real one state solution isn't on the cards either. No one will give palestenians full rights as Israelis.So is the one state solution.
All that's left for Palestinians is the no state solution.
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Take the US military out of Bahrain, UAE, and Saudi and they will most probably overthrow the ruling regimes in these countries. The Iranians do not have to get involved. Trump says jump and how high is what they say. They do not care a feck about the Palestinians. If the Gulf Arabs had wanted a solution they could have sorted it out ages ago.Tweet
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Yes this is huge. Now I wonder if there would be riots in Bahrain. When there was protests in the Arab spring in Bahrain clamouring for democracy, the Saudis sent in their army. Not one in the west stood with them. They shot and killed protesters. Not much difference to what happened in Ukraine or happening now in Belarus.This is massive, absolutely massive. Most won't care, or understand (more likely won't care) but this will be huge for the next generation. And not just in that region:
https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/...-al-aqsa-mosque-analysts-200913185257276.html
Spot on. Trump is just the face of the clever men behind the puppet(s).Yes this is huge. Now I wonder if there would be riots in Bahrain. When there was protests in the Arab spring in Bahrain clamouring for democracy, the Saudis sent in their army. Not one in the west stood with them. They shot and killed protesters. Not much difference to what happened in Ukraine or happening now in Belarus.
The Arabs rulers always are a selfish bunch only interested in themselves and have found a great partner in Trump. Just exactly like them.
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The logic is that there is no “right of return” issue with Egypt, Jordan, the UAE or Bahrain. The insistence that Palestinians recognize Israel as a Jewish state is designed to counter the Palestinian insistence on the right of return (which btw most Israelis consider to be a “caveat to any deal they know will be rejected”).Neither were the Jordanians and Egyptians obliged to IIRC. There's no motivation for peace, that's why they throw in caveats to any deal which they know will be rejected.