Having been gifted the State of Israel in 1948 it was never going to be enough. The Ashkenazi Zionists, European Jews, have always wanted the whole of Palestine. Today 500,000 colonists have invaded the West Bank and yes they want it all. They were drawn to the promise of “free land” and full Israeli citizenship and the money Netanyahu intended to give them. Genocide has been on Israel’s agenda since 1948 whether to “kill them all” a slogan unashamedly heard or by total dispossession and the final Nakba. Palestinians have no place according to the Israeli mindset in their land between the river and the sea. Is it any wonder 66% of Jews don’t live in Israel and 2 out of 3 don’t want to?
To conclude, despite a checkered relationship between Israel and the two regional powers of Turkey and Egypt, Israel’s claim that it is pitted in the Middle East alone against a swarm of enemies is unfounded and misleading. While enemies of the Israeli state unmistakably exist, opposition to Israeli policies and their mistreatment of Palestinians does not equate to a call for Israel’s destruction. The change in both Türkiye and Egypt’s rhetoric toward Israel constitutes a critique of in Israel’s policies. The biggest and best-armed countries in the region other than Israel itself have remained uneasy economic and security partners for Tel Aviv throughout this crisis.
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