Re: marxism-digest V1 #6485

[Macdonald Stainsby <mstainsby@xxxxxx>]

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From: "yoshie
> If and when Palestinians and solidarity activists manage to end the
> Israeli occupation of the West Bank, Gaza, and East Jerusalem,
> without changing the relations of production in Israel, the full
> force of neoliberal capitalism will be belatedly unleashed on both
> Palestinians and Jews, inside and outside the Green Line.
> - --
> Yoshie

Okay, so now (for relevances' sake, assuredly) you now expect a two
state solution-- even though it is less feasible than a one state;

and you make a pretty usual American error: you speak of "Palestinians
and Jews" whihc leaves Israel out of it and forgets that Jews in
historic Palestine are Palestinian Jews.

Globalization/Neo Liberalism has already decimated the region and
doesn't forge common cause, but a vision for two states will definitely
do a lot to codify the permanence of the Israeli state (that is, the
negation of the Palestinian sovereingty in historic Palestine), and
forever leaves the Bantustan system in place.

Further, you are doing the same thing as so many leftists who are not
anti-Zionist: You are more concerned with how Israeli 'citizens' view
the Occupation than you are with how Palestinians view the existence of
Tel Aviv and Israel itself.

You speak of wanting to reach a larger audience, well you are certainly
berking up the exact right tree if you speak in North America about how
the Palestinians ought to be conducting themselves-- Lord knows you
certainly do have a very wide audience to substitute for principle with
that one. That's the entirety of the 'debate' in most circles and we are
shut out of these discussions because we won't play that game.

Enjoy your newly discovered relevance. If HUAC ever comes back, please
don't offer to testify on my behalf.
Macdonald



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