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He didn't help his case but publicly bragging how he could bribe his way out of any legal problem in Romania. Maybe he could have BEFORE he opened his big mouth. I assume they have something like FACE there.

That map is anti-Israel propaganda. It greatly distorts the reality. Of course I'm talking about modern Israel except all of the West Bank and Gaza. Helen Thomas (who I generally greatly admired) was an ARAB (Lebanese) AMERICAN, not a Jew. Cheers.

I agree he is rotten but he's still the leader of Israel and it's an inconvenient truth that at this stage in history NEITHER SIDE has strong support for a two state solution. So REALISTICALLY if people hope for any inprovement, they're going to need to come up with ideas that can realistically gain majority support on both sides. Good luck with that.

On the topic of the artificial nature of Palestinian Arab identity. Be clear -- I am not suggesting the Arabs in the area shouldn't have rights whether Israeli citizens, Gazans, West bank Arabs, or the diaspora. Only to clarify what we're dealing with here: POLITICS. Yes, Palestinians Are an Invented People | RealClearWorld

Well, good luck, but hopefully most of us aren't living so close to the bone that we couldn't handle a delay of perhaps some months in getting benefits restored. I assume once an expat knows for sure they've been cut, that social security would priortize such cases at least somewhat.

He has no charisma except for nastiness. See how well that plays over the long term.

How did she define Palestine? If she meant the internationally recognized borders of Israel, that comment was disgusting, I find its necessary for people to define exactly what they mean on such matters. Otherwise you don't know if they're "river to the sea" types.

Dude, I already said there was a BRITISH MANDATE OF PALESTINE. It was not an Arab NATION STATE. During it's existence Jews, Arabs, Muslims, and Christians, etc. refered to themselves as Palestinians. That's why I think the specific Palestinian Arab identity was artificially invented (I think Arafat said as much). There are a number of other Arab nation states in the world. But only one Jewish one. Apparently so many can't tolerate even ONE!

British mandate Palestine existed long before WW2. There never has been an Arab nation state called Palestine. Early Zionist pioneers identified as Palestinians. Israel came into existence via the United Nations. A bit of history for you about the British. Not how you painted them, huh? https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/quot-exodus-1947-quot-illegal-immigration-ship

What land?

That is true that the genetics are similar but I'm not sure why that's really relevant to the political situation. Italians are also genetically similar. An unfortunate flaw in the reason for Israel's existence -- finally a safe haven nation state after thousands of years of persecution in the diaspora is that now the majority of the world's Jews are in one very small country. Israel has compensated of course with their incredibly advanced security systems, but no such system is perfect.

A lot of Arab activist rhetoric talks about driving the Jews into the sea. The terrorist rogue state of Iran has certainly been clear that they want to completely wipe out Israel.

That is not true. You can criticize their policies without being called an antisemite except if your criticism is obviously infected with antisemitism.

The Arabs in the region certainly have very legitimate grievances. But they are in a neighborhood where tiny Israel has one of the most powerful militaries in the world. Which is why I talk about REALISTIC. For things to improve, there needs to be buy in from Israel. Israel is now controlled by more right wing forces than ever. So the Arab side to have any chance at all for things to improve in this environement will need to eat some very strong humble pie. Formally recognize Israel's right to exist. Raise political leaders that support cooperation with Israel, to increase peace and prosperity for all. We all know they won't do that. They are very proud and that's understandable, but not being willing to radically change their attitude towards Israel and PROVING that to Israelis means quite simply there is no REALISTIC solution in sight for the immediate, medium term, or even long term future.

Somehow I don't think his core fan base of pimply teenage American incels is gonna save him ...

Now you're foolng nobody.

Perhaps but comparing him to Hitler is disgusting. You clearly have no shame.

No. I don't see much change from the status quo but even more so from the more right wing Israeli government at this point and of course the status quo is not good. The Arabs in the region can't possibly defeat Israel militarily, Israel does have more and more acceptance in the greater Arab world, and it is not true that the USA is Israel's only foreign ally. They're not that stupid to rely on only one ally.

That's a very obnoxious comment but based on your line of posting, sadly not at all surprising.

Key word: REALISTIC. Alas, you've got nothing.

I don't have one and neither do you.

So pretty much you're in the same boat as everyone else. No realistic solution at all.

Absolutely but first they must win.

Check back in 100 years. Maybe.

Yeah but right wing Israelis are not a minority.