I take Gideon Levy’s point and my respect for him as a courageous voice in Zionist Israel remains undiminished. But there is an illusion at the core of this thinking. Trump’s people could well assist in making a mess of Israel and, worst outcome, the rest of West Asia. But where does he think previous American administrations, all without exception, have long been headed? Where does he think some alternative to Trump II would take things? “The new people … are friends of apartheid, occupation, the settlements and war”? And “the old people” were something other? Nothing in this distinguishes Trump’s crew other than their bold-faced exuberance for the project, and so the pace with which they propose to proceed.
To put his point another way, Israel is well on its way to disaster, just as Levy foresees. It is one of its own making. The time between now and the end will be brutal however things proceed. Quickly and bloodily, or gradually and bloodily: It is a question only of how long it takes for Israel to get there. And however swiftly the Zionist state meets its destiny, the pace of America’s decline will match it.
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