To the Gordian Knot

Barry Wright
July 8, 2010 at 9:58 pm
I think the major problem right now is the US’ unconditional support of Israel’s apartheid and arrogant policies. We fund Israel with more money than any other foreign country and appear at least to give
Israel carte blanche in its dealings with Palestinians. This marks this conflict apart from other world
injustice sites like Tibet, Darfur and Chechnya.

The US is the only major player that can act affirmatively and quickly for the two state solution and must
put pressure immediately on Israel. The recent Obama-Netanyahu meeting was a disaster for human rights and we all know it, why be shy about confronting Israel directly? Because the government is defensive, paranoid and arrogant? That’s nonsense and everyone knows it. Reduce funding, employ
boycott, divestment and sanctions to end the occupation.

Israel must be treated fairly, with respect and friendship, but you don’t let your friends abuse you or others if you care about them, the definition of ‘friend’.

The two state solution is independent of the byzantine maze of Zionism, right, left or anti. It’s about human rights and modern statesmanship, behaving like a good country, and not an international pariah.

Israel will be even more secure with a firm border, why not have UN blue helmets on the ground of the new border of the state of Palestine, as we did in the Kosovo settlement? That seems to be working, no? Israel has
nuclear weapons, the 5th largest military in the world, how much more strength and power will make it
secure?

Why don’t we use our considerable influence to make this two state result happen, right now? Of course Israel doesn’t want this now, it never has and never will. So make it the lesser of two evils,
the Green Line is a perfectly good border, use it. Hamas has said often that it cannot recognize Israel
until it knows its boundaries, so let’s show them to the world and settle this. The Gordian Knot of Zionism cannot be united, even by Hercules, so let the US cut it, as Alexander did.