A post that begins with saying that there's a lot of support for Israel from the same US extremist 'Christian' RW bunch that supports Trump and his attempts to gut US democracy isn't a great start to a compelling argument...
I think too that the world has moved past the I/P conflict. After all, there's the rise of China, Russia being Russia and a host of other things (Trumpism!!!) to draw our attention away from a totally tragic and avoidable mess. I don't think it's going to end up benefitting Israel. While the world looks elsewhere Israel has the opportunity to do whatever it wants to the Palestinians, but I don't think it takes much for the eyes of the world to focus back on that region of the world and judge harshly when it sees what's going on. I know as someone who doesn't live in the US and sees it from a more global perspective, the blind and icky adulation by a large portion of Israelis didn't garner Israel much support from anyone other than those in the cult of Trump.
How I've changed since I was last here regularly is I no longer believe there'll be a two-state solution and I support the eventual and inevitable creation of one secular state encompassing Israel, the West Bank and Gaza led by a democratic multiparty system that doesn't discriminate against its people based on their religion. I know that's a high bar to set, as we've seen recently how fragile democracy can be with the US as an example, but I'm an idealist. Call the state Israel for all I care, but everyone who lives within the borders needs to be treated with the same level of respect and have the same protections.
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