Diplomatic Suckerhood: Why Israel Is Fighting Toward its Own Demise
…l won’t be “driven to its knees” because Israelis are not “suckers”— goes far toward explaining the Netanyahu government’s hardline positions. Most voters, having decided that they will always be victims, apparently want their leaders to use force in an endless attempt to prove to the world (but even more to themselves) that they are not powerless victims. Of course that project is doomed to fail. It only perpetuates the conflict, reinforcing the…
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