Sunday, January 1, 2017

also, i've been clear on this point in multiple spaces over a long period of time and don't wish to go over it again: i do not support a two-state agreement. rather, i've argued strenuously (and the evidence is right in front of you) that the so-called "peace process" is just an excuse to allow israel to continue it's colonization and genocide in palestine, with tacit and sometimes open approval by the united states, itself a colonial and genocidal state.

i do not support nationalist or exclusionary states in any context, and i think that the premise that israel has a right to build such a society is outrageous, racist and deserving of contempt in the harshest and strongest language possible. the palestinians rarely articulate their vision of the region using the kind of language that israel routinely does, but when they do it should be responded to accordingly.

in the end, there is only one possible outcome in the region: a single, secular state that abolishes special privilege based on language or ethnicity or religion. in such a state, palestinians must have the same rights as jews. and if that means that the state will not be jewish, then that is too fucking bad.