Israeli Social Fabric is Ripping at the Seams
Israel has reached apartheid, the antithesis of Judaism’s long tradition of social justice.
Events in Israel and Palestine are disturbing, to say the least, but far from surprising to anyone who has been awake.
In an opinion piece last August that was published in Haaretz, Pushing Palestinians back to armed struggle, I wrote: “If the US and Israel do not make an about-face soon, Palestinians will care less who blames them when the bullets and missiles start flying in both directions.”
My focus in these words was on how Palestinians living under Israeli military occupation would act if nothing changed. Regretfully, I was spot on.
Allow me to also repeat something else I wrote in that opinion: “I am absolutely convinced that there is no military solution to this conflict. Israel has proven it cannot win, despite its military power, and Palestinians have proven they cannot lose, despite their never-ending sacrifices. But not winning and not losing is not good enough.”
Although Israeli state violence, called military occupation, has not stopped for one day since 1967, there will be much to analyze and write about this latest outbreak of violence once the missiles stop flying, the dust settles, the injured are…
