Source: Persuasion
by Sam Kahn
“The argument is that Israel is surrounded by enemies who are entirely dedicated to its destruction and that Israel can survive only through the preemptive and punishing use of force. International norms are unimportant. Proportionality in warfare is unimportant. All that matters is the existential issue of Israel’s survival — and, if necessary, that survival will be achieved by assassinations in the sovereign territory of foreign states or by the full-on invasion of neighbors. The premise of Israel’s attitude is that there is almost no longer any point in explaining itself to the liberal West, which continues to fantasize about a ‘two-state solution’ and about sovereignty for Palestine. The gulf in political theory between Israel and the West is just too wide. … but a single-minded reliance on force alone is a luxury that a country as small as Israel cannot afford.” (10/02/24)
https://www.persuasion.community/p/israel-cannot-survive-as-a-pariah