Bertie wrote on Jan 3
rd, 2018 at 8:01pm:
Brian Ross wrote on Jan 3
rd, 2018 at 5:01pm:
bogarde73 wrote on Jan 3
rd, 2018 at 2:18pm:
It was most likely one of the leftwing Israeli governments trying futilely to curry favour with that nest of vipers, the UN.
There hasn't been a truly "left wing Government" in power in Israel for over 40 years...
Of course, you won't let reality stand in the way of your thinking, now will, Bogarde? Israel pays even less attention to the UN than do most other nations in the region - despite it having been created by UN fiat.
Short of national suicide, what is the hallmark of a 'left wing ' Israeli government?
An interesting question. Most left wing governments provide a social safety net to their citizens. They attempt to make sure that no one suffers from poverty and have adequate access to health care. They seek to prevent conflict with their neighbours. Israel hasn't seriously attempted the last thing since before the Six Day War.
Quote:because if national suicide is the marker, then thank god there hasn't been a 'left wing' government.
Israel must survive. The destruction of Israel is unthinkable because it will be the beginning of a complete cataclysm. The destruction of Israel will trigger the destruction of most of the rest of the ME.
That's why it hasn't happened for 70 years and will never happen. Unless a global hegemon like Rome turns on Israel, it will survive. It's in everyone's interest, especially its enemies'. The Saudies and Iranians will not outlive Israel, that's why they are snarling at each other rather than join forces against Israel.
Personally, I don't give one whit for the existence or otherwise of any other nation, except Australia. All other nations are merely markets for us, oh, and some place to play sport against and occasionally fight over.
Israel was created on the basis of a lie. It cannot be undone but it needs to be acknowledged. The lie is either that the Jews owned the place - they demonstrably did not in 1948 or that it was an empty land - which it obviously was not.
Israel should have been created as a multi-racial, multi-religious, multicultural state - it was not. Today, the Palestinians are forced to live with that decision. It is unfair and the Israelis should be ashamed of the way they treat the Palestinians whose land they occupy and steal. Some do, some don't. More to their shame.
If Israel ceased to exist tomorrow it would be a sad event but it would only be a cataclysm for the tiny minority of Jews who live there. No one else would really care. Some would in fact be joyous - to their shame. It would solve one of the world's most intractable problems though.
Do I want to see Israel destroyed? As I've said, not really but I don't really care, either. I am neither Jewish, nor Christian or Muslim.