(Editors note: I really regret having written this, at the time, in searching for a solution, I compromised my values, but now this piece is totally out of sync with reality, Gaza changed everything, including the awareness of the whole apartheid / sectarian agenda.)
There is a debate going on about whether the solution for Israel is a one or two state solution. Both Avnery and Olmert (just a few days ago) have said this. One state might mean not having to withdraw the settlements. This is what Rabin Peres were doing 15 years ago. But with the clear realisation that the majority population would soon be Arab, something would need to be done to insure an ethnic western majority (or as in the South African situation, the colonisers remain in charge of business).
Allowing non Jews to immigrate is an option, it would also be a way for Israel to say thank you to its US non Jewish friends that have been loyal. There is a risk of Israel and the US going in different directions anyway. Think of it like when the US left Vietnam or Iran, natives that were loyal to the US also went to the US. so now those that were loyal to Israel would also be allowed to immigrate to Israel. It would take care of the demography problem (too many Arabs) It would cater to so-called Christian Zionists, it would revitalize the empty immigration to Israel. Finally it would prevent a massive anti Israeli backlash from the recession headed US. Because there would be so many US citizens in Israel too.
With regard to allowing non Jews: How many of Israels population is anyway assimilated. Even if they think they are not. Put them next to a Lubavitcher and they look assimilated. This would also prevent Israel being hijacked by the large Russian community, which in the absence of US support is a possibility.
If such a radical rethink is going on, we could also get some pleasant surprises in the way of social and family law reforms.
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Jews have their constraints, how Liberal can they be, and get away with it. The more successful they are professionally, the more likely they can voice an opinion. If they have an independent income, like an artist does for example.
The Zionist/Jewish system is very hierarchical and can be severe. If a person is not so talented as to pick an individualistic career, then he or she is very dependent on others, their boss and colleagues. In the tight knit world of trickle down capitalism, there is a lot of room for financial reward and punishment.
Most people on a clear night under the stars with no noise would see the glaring injustices being done in the name of the Jews.
But on the inside, it is tyrannical, and the fervour of loving God is also in the nation building. To summarise: risk losing your job and income if you support Palestinian liberation.
What follows are a couple of extracts about what constitutes “support” from a Jew.
Solidarity from “Pro-Palestinian” Jews Revisited
by Ibrahim Alloush
The question remains, however, what actually constitutes support for the Palestinian cause: sympathy with the victimization of Palestinians, like one would sympathize with road kills for example, conscious political support for a platform for liberation, or something in between?
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Nevertheless, not everyone who claims to support us is actually a supporter. Many such supporters actually oppose some of the most crucial things we stand for, except they dislike some of the human rights violations that the Zionists are visiting upon us. That is, they: 1) recognize the right of “Israel” to exist and the alleged right of Jews to settle in Palestine, 2) they oppose our strategy to liberate Palestine, and 3) they especially oppose the armed struggle of Palestinian organizations. Such ‘supporters’ are not actually supporting us, but simply trying to make themselves feel better..
The next extract really captures the flavour of the Jewish empire, and really it also exists in the diaspora, it is the surreptitious pressure applied to a Jew. A Jew is as likely to feel as mentally imprisoned as a Palestinian. Constantly guilt tripped, at least about not exclaiming enough pride in Judaism, or else you are a “self hating Jew”, and that is the same thing that the authour is saying here:
Frequently Palestinians are set up in a guilt trip. They have to prove that they do not hate Jews. The proving really never ends until you eventually embrace the doctrine of “Israel’s” security.
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Link found at: http://www.iraq-war.ru/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=165643
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