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This piece, by @dahliasc.bsky.social, gives a very good and accurate overview of how right wing Israeli public opinion has become over the past decade, and why Netanyahu is not an outlier. These are my takeaways - and differences.
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www.foreignaffairs.com/israel/israe...
Despite misgivings about Netanyahu’s Gaza plans, most Israelis support his approach to the Palestinians.
“Removing Netanyahu from power might well help bring an end to the unfolding disaster in Gaza,” writes @dahliasc.bsky.social. “But it is unlikely to fundamentally reorient Israeli policies toward the Palestinians.”
Despite misgivings about Netanyahu's Gaza plans, most Israelis support his approach to the Palestinians.
Thank you, dear
Always read @dahliasc.bsky.social: “Removing Netanyahu from power…is unlikely to fundamentally reorient Israeli policies toward the Palestinians or to present a true alternative to the…policies of…suppressing Palestinian self-determination.” www.foreignaffairs.com/israel/israe...
Despite misgivings about Netanyahu’s Gaza plans, most Israelis support his approach to the Palestinians.
Please read: @dahliasc.bsky.social on the furious, distracting debate on use of the term ‘genocide’ for the Netanyahu govt's actions in Gaza. Terminology battles become ends in themselves. Description of what's happening is more effective. Stopping it is what matters. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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“Israel's recently unveiled plan—to force 600,000 displaced Palestinians into a ‘humanitarian city’ to be established on a strip of land where Rafah once stood—raises critical, and chilling, questions about the Netanyahu government’s intentions for Gaza.”
Must-read piece by @dahliasc.bsky.social.
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Hello, I'm just seeing this. I wouldn't know but if you contact the author, he might answer & explain. It was a fairly recent survey so even if that is the intention, it would have been too soon to appear in an academic journal - these take much longer for peer review/publication.
"The poll is a messenger, not a provocateur; the findings are an emergency wake-up call that things can still get much worse."
Always read @dahliasc.bsky.social
free link: www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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In a new CI report, fellow @dahliasc.bsky.social argues that the economic inequity at the heart of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict must be addressed as part of any long-term plan for peace and reconstruction. (5/6)
Policymakers seeking an Israeli–Palestinian political agreement must develop an economic vision focused on reducing inequalities to undergird any solution intended to last. Read more from @dahliasc.bsky.social tcf.org/content/repo... (6/6)
The Israeli–Palestinian conflict is, at least as much as anything else, a clash between the haves and the have-nots. Long before Hamas massacred civilians
