Back in the day I was a bit of a Noam Chomsky fan because the way he is able to package information (maybe as a result of his mastery of linguistics, who knows?) within his arguments, I came to thinking in the way libertarians of all stripes tend to when convenient.
No state on earth has any legitimacy when you parse terms down to the sinews and if you can undermine a state’s supposed ‘right to exist’ your next avenue of discussion against, say, a recently founded nation like Israel, more formidable.
What Chomsky tends to leave out is the consideration of individuals within a state deserving a modicum of security as guaranteed by that state, however ‘artificial’, as desirable and deserved. Especially in light of the Holocaust.
We mustn’t forget, and many here haven’t, admirably, the plight of the Palestinians who seem to have more value to their neighbours as perpetually stateless victims.
The accusations of apartheid from the left and the patronising, self-serving fellating from the right ought both to be scorned and pilloried.
The majority of Israelis and Palestinians already profit by living cheek-by-jowl in peace and the frequent interruptions only delay a permanent settlement.
The people are ready for a two-state solution, but we’re waiting on the leadership to get serious.
Thanks Lizards for this oasis of sanity.
(Well, close enough)