Tuesday, July 29, 2025

i want to be clear. i've said this many times before.

i support one state in israel, which includes the west bank. i think israel should annex the west bank. i also think gaza should be reappended to egypt. 

in this one state of israel, which would be called the democratic state of israel, all people should have equal rights, regardless of belief system or language. it should be a legitimate democracy, where people have equal voting rights, equal rights to own property, etc. a functioning judiciary should enforce this law equally. people should also have equal access to religious shrines.

a state of palestine could only hinder and retard the process of getting to a single country of israel where everybody is equal. the state of israel is the more pragmatic vehicle to get to that end point and the one that should be utilized.

the primary block preventing this outcome is that arabs continue to refuse to recognize the primacy and legitimacy of israel, as a functioning democracy in the region. arabs, including palestinians, need to come to terms with the existence of israel as the status quo, and israel needs to continue to be extremely aggressive and dominant with them, until or if they do.

speaking of which, israel is overdue for an election, and should really schedule one immediately.