PIJ.ORG: Incompetence or Accomplice?
The international community, coerced by America, never misses an opportunity to miss an opportunity to bring peace to the Middle East. A logical explanation is that they are accomplices to Israeli crimes against humanity.
This edition of the Palestine-Israel Journal presents a fascinating exchange-dare I term it a debate-between two acclaimed analysts, Dr Noam Chomsky and Dr Tony Klug. Dr Klug and I co-authored opinion editorials in the past, among other interactions. Sparked by an article by Dr Klug about former President Trump’s “vision” for Palestinian-Israeli peace, the two entered into an exchange for over one year. As is always the case when engaging with either of these analysts, one always walks away learning something new. This was the case in this exchange as well.
Their conversation dealt with many aspects of the Palestinian struggle for freedom and independence but can be summarized as addressing the history, politics, and what needs to be done moving forward.
Although not always agreeing on the details, they highlighted the key elements to understand where we are today. With every exchange I found myself oscillating between supporting both of their views.
On history, Dr Chomsky is right that Israel chose “expansion over security” long ago,” and Dr Klug is right in noting that in politics one…
