Occupied Gaza.” Prior to October 7, there were roughly two million Arab citizens of Israel but no Jewish citizens in Gaza.
This is a blatant, profound lie and beneath the reputation of Victor Davis Hanson.Ok? So show your data which proves him wrong. Also, there are many Arabs in the Israeli parliament.
“Disproportionate.” We are told Israel wrongly uses disproportionate force to retaliate in Gaza. But it does so because no nation can win a war without disproportionate violence that hurts the enemy more than it is hurt by the enemy.
“Two-state solution.” Prior to October 7, there was a de facto three-state solution, given that Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza were all separate states ruled by their own governments, two of which were illegitimate without scheduled elections.
It was not Israel, but the people of Gaza and the West Bank who institutionalized the “from river to the sea” agenda of destroying its neighbor.
Ok? So show your data which proves him wrong. Also, there are many Arabs in the Israeli parliament.
Consider how WW1 turned out for Germany and how WW2 turned out for Germany and Japan.
This is not WW2.
This is not WW2.
“Ramadan.” Joe Biden believes that the Muslim religious holiday of Ramadan requires Israel to agree to a ceasefire.
But did either Hamas or any other Arab military ever respect Jewish—or even its own—religious holidays?
The October 7 massacre was timed to catch Israelis unaware while celebrating the Jewish religious holidays of Simchat Torah, Shemini Torah, and Shemini Atzeret on Shabbat.
Moreover, Hamas’s surprise attack was deliberately timed to commemorate the earlier sneak Arab attack on Israel some 50 years earlier.
On October 6, 1973, the Israelis were the target of a surprise attack when celebrating the religious holiday of Yom Kippur. ...
If the Palestinians living in Gaza are "Israeli" as you claim, this is certification that Israel is, indeed, an apartheid state.
Try reading my post and understanding it.
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$Quote“Ramadan.” Joe Biden believes that the Muslim religious holiday of Ramadan requires Israel to agree to a ceasefire.
Give Ramadan the same "respect" the Arab Palis gave Jewish holidays ... you know, proportionality.
If the Palestinians living in Gaza are "Israeli" as you claim, this is certification that Israel is, indeed, an apartheid state.Israel has tried for decades to integrate Israelis and Muslims. Each attempt was followed immediately by a horrendous bloody attack by the Islamists. Finally, after hundreds of dead Israelis (including children), Israel realized that 'peace' with the Arabs is impossible.
Try reading my post and understanding it.
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Israel has tried for decades to integrate Israelis and Muslims.
The law for the first time enshrines Israel as “the national home of the Jewish people.” The law becomes one of the so-called Basic Laws, which, like a constitution, guide Israel’s legal system.
1. — Basic principles
A. The land of Israel is the historical homeland of the Jewish people, in which the State of Israel was established.
B. The State of Israel is the national home of the Jewish people, in which it fulfills its natural, cultural, religious and historical right to self-determination.
C. The right to exercise national self-determination in the State of Israel is unique to the Jewish people.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/final-text-of-jewish-nation-state-bill-set-to-become-law/
Of the two+ million Palestinians living in Israel (that's 'Israel' - not Gaza), 1,734,000 are Israeli citizens. 370,000 are not Israeli citizens.
Apartheid state? Hardly.
You are historically and factually incorrect. Israel envisioned a one-Israel solution with Israelis and Muslims living and working side-by. It is the Muslims who will NOT accept the integration.
Israel has spent 57 years keeping Palestinians who lost their homes and land in 1967 confined to land outside the '67 borders of Israel ---- and in 2018 finally passed the Jewish nation-state law.
If the Palestinians living in Gaza are "Israeli" citizens as claimed, this is certification that Israel is an apartheid state.
Israel has spent 57 years keeping Palestinians who lost their homes and land in 1967
OK, stop right there. Before the '67 war, the West Bank was part of Jordan, and Gaza was occupied by Egypt.
You are historically and factually incorrect. Israel envisioned a one-Israel solution with Israelis and Muslims living and working side-by.
If the Palestinians living in Gaza are "Israeli" citizens as claimed, this is certification that Israel is an apartheid state.
No one claimed that. You made it up.
"Occupied Gaza.” Prior to October 7, there were roughly two million Arab citizens of Israel but no Jewish citizens in Gaza.
Victor Davis Hanson claimed this in the very essay posted by the OP: pointing-downQuote"Occupied Gaza.” Prior to October 7, there were roughly two million Arab citizens of Israel but no Jewish citizens in Gaza.
"Arab citizens". You said "Israeli" citizens. You gave a false account of what Hanson said.
If the Palestinians living in Gaza are "Israeli" citizens as claimed, this is certification that Israel is an apartheid state.
If the Gazans did not want Israeli boots up their asses, then, Hamas shouldn't have invaded Israel on October 7th, 2023.
Gaza was "unoccupied" on October 6th, 2023.