Perpetual Interview "Meme"

[shmuelisms]

I've been meaning to do this for some time now (mostly since some awesome discussions with spider88 and qatar), but keep on forgetting. It was qatar's last question [link removed], that "forced my hand".

The damn-fool interview meme keeps on coming around every 6 to 8 months or so, and I generally ignore it, because I really hate the lame "What's your favorite

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[qatar]

OK, what the heck.

What do you think is the most just solution to the whole Israel/Palestine thing? (And, in case your response wouldn't otherwise address it: what do you think of the security barrier? Am I correct in thinking it is not far from your home?)

Just kill me now. PLEASE!

[shmuelisms]

Even back when I was a flame-thrower carrying zealot [1], the one topic, I have never EVER really discussed online, what MY "solution" for the Israeli/Arab [2] conflict is. I have often defended Israel, and tried to educate people about the actual facts behind the hype and propaganda, trying for third-party sources. I will talk up a storm around this issue, but won't touch it itself with a ten-foot battle lance. Another "touching the topic" issue that I'm working on writing, will be titled "Zionism is a Damn Lie!" Stay tuned.

I am willing to state that I think there can NOT possibly be a "just solution", that is both acceptable and viable to ALL the involved parties (more than two). There is NO way to make a "two-state [west of the Jordan] solution" work EVER. The "real-estate" is simply not sufficient to make two viable and defensible countries, in an area the size of New-Jersey. A one state solution ALSO won't work, because within two decades, this will just be any other Arab country, with a dwindling Jewish minority. So what we

Re: Just kill me now. PLEASE!

[qatar]

Before I get to the rest of it -- what do you mean, "Zionism is a damn lie"? Are you NOT a Zionist? What is it about Zionism that you object to? And how the heck does someone who ISN'T a Zionist end up living in a land-grab enclave??????

I'm more mystified than ever!

Line, Hook and Sinker!!

[shmuelisms]

Precisely!

Now you'll just have to wait for the essay. :-D [ Big Evil Grin ]

PS   - I was using the expression "land-grab enclave" in irony, as I don't see it as anything of the sort.
PPS - Am enjoying watching the mystified qatar wiggle on that bait-hook.

Re: Line, Hook and Sinker!!

[qatar]

Well, I'm sure you wouldn't see it as a land-grab enclave, but that's sort of my point... obviously you must think that Israel is entitled to at least parts of the official West Bank if you live where you do. Mustn't you?

I admit that I know very little about your country and the history of the Arab/Israeli conflict.

I can't wait for the essay. We had quite a conversation at work about what the heck your position might be. :-)

An opening

[shmuelisms]

Before I get to the rest of it...
You might as well "get to it", considering that it will take me a while to get that essay done.

Re: Just kill me now. PLEASE!

[mamaboid]

I read your answer to this one with great interest. My son and I have discussed the Israeli/Arab conflict, and it was by these discussions that I learned that our (US) view of that conflict, via the media, is blurred and distorted. He has lived in Jerusalem and Haifa, and now lives in Tel Aviv.

"blurred and distorted"

[shmuelisms]

Is, from my POV, a rather extreme understatement.

While I'm no conspiracy-theorist, I DO believe that in order to serve it's own money-making agenda, American Media is molding an American Public, that is ever-more incapable of critical thought. Past a certain point, this becomes self-fulfilling, in that the public, having become accustomed to drivel, no longer wants to think. Sadly, this serves your crooked government's needs as well.

But, in any case, thanks for stopping by. :-)

Security Fence

[shmuelisms]

The whole "Security Fence" is much easier to address, especially as I've already answered it in detail for odanu. I could have written much more, as I have MAJOR issues with nearly ALL "walls" (as mentioned here), but slacked off. I further mentioned the term "Apartheid Wall".

You are correct regarding my proximity to this damned fence. In fact I am surrounded by it on three sides. If you look at the north tip of this map, you will see REHAN, with a lighter yellow area north and west of it, and a "C" shaped lump in it. That lump is made up of three small villages and an industrial-zone. I live at the top right tip of that C. :-) So The fence is about one to three miles from me on three sides. This means that I'm "inside" the fence, living in an a "land grab enclave". Obviously, I have no problem with this.