Quote (Bazi @ Nov 1 2023 01:31pm)
Eh not as hard as you think
I can pull up over a dozen articles in Israeli papers over the last few years and over a hundred over the last decade on how Netanyahu’s government directly and indirectly propped up Hamas.
I disagree quite a bit with the notion that Israel Gov pre October 7th was acting favorably toward a 2 state solution, despite most of the Israeli population being in favor of this. And despite their public stance being this. If this was the case the rational move would be to friend the moderate Palestinian representation, not antagonize them and prop up the extremist representation.
It’s really essential to think of gaza and wb as different entities in these conversations, and in all honesty they are.
firstly i couldnt agree more with the Gaza vs WB needing to be differentiated, that's 100% accurate.
but i didnt mean to imply Net and Yahoo or his regime were being favorable to a 2 state solution, simply that if it were possible they'd love it, they just dont think it is. or at least not in a way where they can still achieve their goals for the greater state of israel. but they're still far more open to a 2 state solution than hamas or iran.
govts love to do that, not push for popular ideas because they think they're untenable. health care, pot legalization, tax code reform on corporations, etc. all popular ideas for US citizens, and dead in the water legislatively.