After Zionism: One State for Israel and Palestine by Antony Loewenstein & Ahmed Moor

Author:Antony Loewenstein & Ahmed Moor [Loewenstein, Antony & Moor, Ahmed]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3, mobi
Tags: General, History, Political Science, Social Science, Essays, International Relations, World, Middle Eastern, Regional Studies, Jewish
ISBN: 9780863568169
Publisher: Al Saqi
Published: 2012-08-28T00:00:00+00:00

EIGHT

The Future of Palestine: Righteous Jews vs. the New Afrikaners1

John J. Mearsheimer

One of the most important issues in world politics today is the future of Palestine. By that I mean the future of the land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, or what was long ago called Mandatory Palestine. That ground is now broken into two parts: Israel proper, or what is sometime called “Green Line” Israel; and the Occupied Territories, which include the West Bank and Gaza. In essence, the future of Palestine revolves around the relationship that develops between Israel and the Occupied Territories.

We are not just talking about the fate of those lands, of course; we are also dealing with the future of the peoples who live there, who include the Jews and the Palestinians who are Israeli citizens, as well as those Palestinians who live in the Occupied Territories.

My story is straightforward. Contrary to the wishes of the Obama administration and most Americans – and this includes many American Jews – Israel is not going to allow the Palestinians to have a real state of their own in Gaza and the West Bank. Regrettably, the two-state solution is now no more than fantasy. Instead, those territories will be formally incorporated into a Greater Israel, which will be a full-blown Apartheid state bearing a marked resemblance to white-ruled South Africa. Yet a Jewish Apartheid state is not politically viable over the long term. In the end, it will become a democratic bi-national state, whose politics will be dominated by its Palestinian citizens. In other words, it will cease being a Jewish state, and this will mean the end of the Zionist dream.

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