Vince Dhimos answered a question at Quora.
https://www.quora.com/What-is-so-bad-about-a-bi-national-one-state-solution-to-the-Israeli-Palestinian-conflict/answer/Vince-Dhimos What is so bad about a bi-national one-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict? Vince Dhimos, Editor-in-Chief at New Silk Strategies (2016-present) The one-state solution is what now exists de facto in Israel and Palestine, even though there is a pseudo-Palestine with its own powerless officials. If these officials step outside the bounds set by Israel, Tel Aviv smacks them down, often with bombing raids that indiscriminately kill and maim helpless civilians in the occupied Palestinian territories. And all with the blessings of the US, which steadfastly believes it is a Christian nation. If the parties ever agree to a “two-state” solution, nothing will change. Because, as proposed in the new US-drafted “peace” plan (which even the Arab League --- previously controlled by US dollars – now rejects), there will never be any Palestinian-led government in that region, even though a pseudo-Palestinian government will, of course, be allowed to exist. When Israel and its accomplice the US speak of a “two-state” solution, they mean an Israeli state where Israel dominates and rules and a Palestinian state where, again, Israel dominates and rules and allows Israelis to settle with the aim to completely displace the Arabs. And if the Arabs protest, some get shot — sometimes to kill, sometimes to maim. Men, women and children are targeted indiscriminately. All with the blessings of the US government, acting within "Christian" Zionist guidelines. The political power wielded by this cult – which dominates the US Evangelical church – is so vital to the existence of the US-Israel military empire that as soon as I posted the title of the above-linked article on New Silk Strategies, my Norton anti-virus program highlighted the link in my message to readers and, when I clicked on the link, it issued an alert that the site was “unsafe.” Apparently the term “Christian Zionism” is a universal trigger for the censors in the Western world. I had to override the Norton block and choose “isolate” mode to access my own site (which Norton assured me would “damage your computer.” Sure, my own site would damage my own computer. Yes, there are WMDs in my computer and I myself am the culpit)! No other article of mine had ever triggered this blockage. But of course, this is an election year, when objectivity must be squelched at all costs even in individual home computers. This crass censorship on the part of internet companies, acting in concert with each other, signals that the narrative of Israel’s infallibility is now considered vital to the control of the Western mind in the larger effort to control the Middle East. Social media and major internet providers and protectors are apparently all censoring messages that go counter to the narrative that Israel is good and wholesome while Palestine is evil. And this is not only the Trump administration’s doing. The political left and right are one monolithic war party with seemingly unlimited power over the minds of its subjects! Thou shalt not think outside the box. I admit, I was discouraged by this. But then I realized that there was a silver lining, namely, the fact that censorship is practically the only available response to an argument based on facts, reasoning and logic proves that the Western Establishment relies on a flimsy rationale that cannot bear any intellectual scrutiny, even an argument based on the scriptures that are twisted to support the existence of Israel. The only other response to internet arguments is trolling, which is to the internet what jamming is to electronic commnication via the airwaves. It cannot oppose the Establishment's message by intellectual means but can only try to block the message. In the long run, this crude method cannot prevail. The Apostle Paul wrote of this phenomenon 2 millennia ago with the words: For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Ephesians 6:12 (KJV) The enemy of truth has not changed and never will change. The source of evil is and always was the same. And for the tiny remnant of believers who have not been blinded by the powerful cabal, the hope resides in the knowledge that the battle is spiritual and the two spirits are God vs Satan. And they know who wins in the end.
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John M Stassi
2/2/2020 12:10:22 pm
One state. One person. One vote.
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John M Stassi
2/2/2020 12:49:29 pm
"I should much rather see reasonable agreement with the Arabs on the basis of living together in peace than the creation of a Jewish state. Apart from practical consideration, my awareness of the essential nature of Judaism resists the idea of a Jewish state with borders, an army, and a measure of temporal power no matter how modest. I am afraid of the inner damage Judaism will sustain -- especially from the development of a narrow nationalism within our own ranks, against which we have already had to fight strongly, even without a Jewish state. We are no longer the Jews of the Maccabee period. A return to a nation in the political sense of the word would be equivalent to turning away from the spiritualization of our community which we owe to the genius of our prophets."
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Vince
2/2/2020 07:26:12 pm
I love the quote from Martin Buber. There are a lot of good people in Israel but they are kept away from the levers of power.
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