The Future Past...

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Israel’s future is in jeopardy because of the Right Wing leadership is intent of defying the world via the UN and not listening to the dynamics of nation building and the inevitable march of Demographics of a tiny enclave surrounded by hundreds of millions of neighbors who offer peace and secure borders.

AP Interview: Wieseltier fears for Israel's future

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Leon Wieseltier has long maintained a close relationship with the state of Israel. But the Jewish-American author now fears the country's survival may be in jeopardy — and says much of the blame lies with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Wieseltier, in Israel this week to collect a prestigious award, joins a list of prominent American Jews to criticize Israel in recent years. While Israel has many critics, it has become troubling for Israelis to hear the tough words coming from people, particularly intellectuals, who were once considered a bedrock of support.

Wieseltier, 60, the child of Holocaust survivors and a fluent Hebrew speaker, is a widely respected, if contentious, intellectual and philosopher. He has been the literary editor of The New Republic for three decades, where his essays contribute to national conversations on current affairs. He is also the winner of the 1998 National Jewish Book Award for "Kaddish," his meditation on the ancient Jewish prayer of mourning.

"Unless there is a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, there will not be a Jewish state for very long," Wieseltier said in an interview at Tel Aviv University after accepting the $1 million Dan David Prize late Sunday for his contributions to ideas and contemporary philosophy. The international prize is awarded every year for contributions to humanity through science, art, public service, humanities and entrepreneurship.

Wieseltier's argument echoes that of Israel's political left and center, that time is working against Israel, and if it doesn't withdraw from the Palestinian territories, it will either become an undemocratic Jewish state, or a non-Jewish democratic state.

In the next few decades, the number of Palestinians is expected to exceed the number of Jews living in areas now under Israeli control. Those who agree with Wieseltier insist that if Israel maintains the status quo, where Palestinians in the West Bank can't vote, but Israeli Jews can, it will end the country's democracy but maintain its Jewish character. Or it could grant Palestinians equal rights, including voting rights, threatening the country's Jewish majority.

 

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Israel’s future is in jeopardy because of the Right Wing leadership is intent of defying the world via the UN and not listening to the dynamics of nation building and the inevitable march of Demographics of a tiny enclave surrounded by hundreds of millions of neighbors who offer peace and secure borders.

AP Interview: Wieseltier fears for Israel's future

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Leon Wieseltier has long maintained a close relationship with the state of Israel. But the Jewish-American author now fears the country's survival may be in jeopardy — and says much of the blame lies with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Wieseltier, in Israel this week to collect a prestigious award, joins a list of prominent American Jews to criticize Israel in recent years. While Israel has many critics, it has become troubling for Israelis to hear the tough words coming from people, particularly intellectuals, who were once considered a bedrock of support.

Wieseltier, 60, the child of Holocaust survivors and a fluent Hebrew speaker, is a widely respected, if contentious, intellectual and philosopher. He has been the literary editor of The New Republic for three decades, where his essays contribute to national conversations on current affairs. He is also the winner of the 1998 National Jewish Book Award for "Kaddish," his meditation on the ancient Jewish prayer of mourning.

"Unless there is a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, there will not be a Jewish state for very long," Wieseltier said in an interview at Tel Aviv University after accepting the $1 million Dan David Prize late Sunday for his contributions to ideas and contemporary philosophy. The international prize is awarded every year for contributions to humanity through science, art, public service, humanities and entrepreneurship.

Wieseltier's argument echoes that of Israel's political left and center, that time is working against Israel, and if it doesn't withdraw from the Palestinian territories, it will either become an undemocratic Jewish state, or a non-Jewish democratic state.

In the next few decades, the number of Palestinians is expected to exceed the number of Jews living in areas now under Israeli control. Those who agree with Wieseltier insist that if Israel maintains the status quo, where Palestinians in the West Bank can't vote, but Israeli Jews can, it will end the country's democracy but maintain its Jewish character. Or it could grant Palestinians equal rights, including voting rights, threatening the country's Jewish majority.

You guys never get your story straight. From one side of the mouth you tell us that Israel is committing "ethnic cleaning" or genocide and killing and kicking the Palestinians out, and from the other you tell us that "the Palestinian population will explode and overtake the Israelis...blah blah blah".

So which is it? Make up your mind, will you?

I'll tell you. The land for peace deal collapsed after the world observed how the Palestinian animals behaved after Israel handed them the keys to a Jew free Gaza. They elected a terrorist govt. and then started shooting rockets into Israeli cities as a thank you note. So yes, the shithole they call Gaza will explode in population but it is no longer part of Israel. Maybe they can move back to Egypt, where most of them including their revered leader and founder Yasser Arafat are from to begin with. Who cares, it's up to them. On the other hand Israeli population will keep increasing in Judea and Samaria (aka West Bank as of 1948) and soon they will overtake the Palestinian population and just annex the whole area and it will belong to Israel proper. God Willing.

Game set match.

 

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For over 3000 years Israel's critics been preaching that Israel is doomed. And 3000 years from now Israel's crtitics will still be preaching that Israel is doomed.

Israel’s future is in jeopardy because of the Right Wing leadership is intent of defying the world via the UN and not listening to the dynamics of nation building and the inevitable march of Demographics of a tiny enclave surrounded by hundreds of millions of neighbors who offer peace and secure borders.

AP Interview: Wieseltier fears for Israel's future

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Leon Wieseltier has long maintained a close relationship with the state of Israel. But the Jewish-American author now fears the country's survival may be in jeopardy — and says much of the blame lies with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Wieseltier, in Israel this week to collect a prestigious award, joins a list of prominent American Jews to criticize Israel in recent years. While Israel has many critics, it has become troubling for Israelis to hear the tough words coming from people, particularly intellectuals, who were once considered a bedrock of support.

Wieseltier, 60, the child of Holocaust survivors and a fluent Hebrew speaker, is a widely respected, if contentious, intellectual and philosopher. He has been the literary editor of The New Republic for three decades, where his essays contribute to national conversations on current affairs. He is also the winner of the 1998 National Jewish Book Award for "Kaddish," his meditation on the ancient Jewish prayer of mourning.

"Unless there is a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, there will not be a Jewish state for very long," Wieseltier said in an interview at Tel Aviv University after accepting the $1 million Dan David Prize late Sunday for his contributions to ideas and contemporary philosophy. The international prize is awarded every year for contributions to humanity through science, art, public service, humanities and entrepreneurship.

Wieseltier's argument echoes that of Israel's political left and center, that time is working against Israel, and if it doesn't withdraw from the Palestinian territories, it will either become an undemocratic Jewish state, or a non-Jewish democratic state.

In the next few decades, the number of Palestinians is expected to exceed the number of Jews living in areas now under Israeli control. Those who agree with Wieseltier insist that if Israel maintains the status quo, where Palestinians in the West Bank can't vote, but Israeli Jews can, it will end the country's democracy but maintain its Jewish character. Or it could grant Palestinians equal rights, including voting rights, threatening the country's Jewish majority.

You guys never get your story straight. From one side of the mouth you tell us that Israel is committing "ethnic cleaning" or genocide and killing and kicking the Palestinians out, and from the other you tell us that "the Palestinian population will explode and overtake the Israelis...blah blah blah".

So which is it? Make up your mind, will you?

I'll tell you. The land for peace deal collapsed after the world observed how the Palestinian animals behaved after Israel handed them the keys to a Jew free Gaza. They elected a terrorist govt. and then started shooting rockets into Israeli cities as a thank you note. So yes, the shithole they call Gaza will explode in population but it is no longer part of Israel. Maybe they can move back to Egypt, where most of them including their revered leader and founder Yasser Arafat are from to begin with. Who cares, it's up to them. On the other hand Israeli population will keep increasing in Judea and Samaria (aka West Bank as of 1948) and soon they will just annex the whole area and it will belong to Israel proper.

Game set match.

 

[Roudy]

For over 3000 years Israel's critics been preaching that Israel is doomed. And 3000 years from now Israel's crtitics will still be preaching that Israel is doomed.

Israel’s future is in jeopardy because of the Right Wing leadership is intent of defying the world via the UN and not listening to the dynamics of nation building and the inevitable march of Demographics of a tiny enclave surrounded by hundreds of millions of neighbors who offer peace and secure borders.

AP Interview: Wieseltier fears for Israel's future

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Leon Wieseltier has long maintained a close relationship with the state of Israel. But the Jewish-American author now fears the country's survival may be in jeopardy — and says much of the blame lies with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Wieseltier, in Israel this week to collect a prestigious award, joins a list of prominent American Jews to criticize Israel in recent years. While Israel has many critics, it has become troubling for Israelis to hear the tough words coming from people, particularly intellectuals, who were once considered a bedrock of support.

Wieseltier, 60, the child of Holocaust survivors and a fluent Hebrew speaker, is a widely respected, if contentious, intellectual and philosopher. He has been the literary editor of The New Republic for three decades, where his essays contribute to national conversations on current affairs. He is also the winner of the 1998 National Jewish Book Award for "Kaddish," his meditation on the ancient Jewish prayer of mourning.

"Unless there is a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, there will not be a Jewish state for very long," Wieseltier said in an interview at Tel Aviv University after accepting the $1 million Dan David Prize late Sunday for his contributions to ideas and contemporary philosophy. The international prize is awarded every year for contributions to humanity through science, art, public service, humanities and entrepreneurship.

Wieseltier's argument echoes that of Israel's political left and center, that time is working against Israel, and if it doesn't withdraw from the Palestinian territories, it will either become an undemocratic Jewish state, or a non-Jewish democratic state.

In the next few decades, the number of Palestinians is expected to exceed the number of Jews living in areas now under Israeli control. Those who agree with Wieseltier insist that if Israel maintains the status quo, where Palestinians in the West Bank can't vote, but Israeli Jews can, it will end the country's democracy but maintain its Jewish character. Or it could grant Palestinians equal rights, including voting rights, threatening the country's Jewish majority.

You guys never get your story straight. From one side of the mouth you tell us that Israel is committing "ethnic cleaning" or genocide and killing and kicking the Palestinians out, and from the other you tell us that "the Palestinian population will explode and overtake the Israelis...blah blah blah".

So which is it? Make up your mind, will you?

I'll tell you. The land for peace deal collapsed after the world observed how the Palestinian animals behaved after Israel handed them the keys to a Jew free Gaza. They elected a terrorist govt. and then started shooting rockets into Israeli cities as a thank you note. So yes, the shithole they call Gaza will explode in population but it is no longer part of Israel. Maybe they can move back to Egypt, where most of them including their revered leader and founder Yasser Arafat are from to begin with. Who cares, it's up to them. On the other hand Israeli population will keep increasing in Judea and Samaria (aka West Bank as of 1948) and soon they will just annex the whole area and it will belong to Israel proper.

Game set match.

This mental masturbation to the destruction of Israel has been going on for thousands of years. It's just anti Semetism that has manifested and disguised itself as "anti Zionism".