Michael Benjamin's Blog, page 5
October 12, 2015
Time to tell the truth
The two-state solution is dead. It was a figment, mainly in the imagination of the Israelis and encouraged by those who wish to avoid the issue. The Middle East is witness to a very profound phenomenon. You can only have a Democratic state if the people are united and feel they have a common destiny, […]
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September 13, 2015
The New Year
Is it me, or is the world falling apart? My world seems to be. In Israel, we are being asked to place our trust in an agreement in which we have no part and yet if it fails will mean our demise. We are requested to ascribe to a voluntary disarmament pact, but no disarmament […]
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September 12, 2015
Angela and Barak: Hansel and Gretel
I had some thoughts about the migration issue: Quality of life is the key, but what is it? The easiest definition is the ability to identify with, be involved with and gain pleasure from where you are living and what you are doing. But first you must be able to define subconsciously socially who you […]
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September 10, 2015
Sorry — I was completely wrong.
There are so many ways to say that you are penitent. Sometimes there are so many things to be regretful about. A few months ago, in the recent election, I strongly criticized Bibi Netanyahu. I am a card-carrying member of the Likud party. I was convinced that he was the wrong man, at the wrong […]
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August 18, 2015
Gambling on Gaza
Gaza is an exercise in Israeli and Middle East statecraft. Israel left Gaza to circumvent pressure to make peace. We were to pull out to the international borders and show the world that ‘we are not the problem.’ We assumed that if the Gazans ‘misbehaved’ we could shell them into submission and the world would […]
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July 17, 2015
What you see from here you don’t see from there
I want to examine four overlooked factors. 1. Often, if not always, people come up with solutions without asking themselves what the problem is. In the case of the Iranian bomb, acquisition of a bomb is not the problem. It is the exemplification of Iranian intransigence, and the threat that this brings to the whole […]
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