What with the Trumpian relocation of the US embassy and all the hoo-ha about those brave IDF snipers gunning down unarmed Palestinians, I figure its time to root around in the archives and find us a winning plan.
We got it!
Ya, it's been three years since the think tank here at Falling Downs came up with this insight, but one thing all great plans have in common is they stand up to the test of time.
Annexing Libya makes even more sense for Egypt today than when we originally released that policy paper. Nevermind Egypt; it makes even more sense to the rest of the world!
Think about it.
Those 2.5 million Gazans get a place to call home.
Another four million West Bankers will surely follow in short order!
Voila, the Holy Land will be totally vacated by the miscreants, and will be totally a blank slate for the Chosen People!
Isn't that what all this Middle East conflict is about? Clearing out the unchosen and moving in the Chosen?
Of course it is...
By God, I think we got us a home run here...
Just send the Nobel Peace Prize to Think Tank @ Falling Downs, c/o General Delivery, Kemble Post Office, N0H 1S0.
Showing posts with label West Bank. Show all posts
Showing posts with label West Bank. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 16, 2018
Friday, July 1, 2016
Holy hell! Conniptions abound as "two state solution" deemed unworkable!
Any serious person observing the Middle East has known for at least twenty years that the so-called two state solution is deader than dead.
But today this is news.
No serious person has imagined that the settlement project was going to end.
Ever.
And it hasn't.
And you can't blame the Israelis, because after all, this is God's will.
Don't know to what extent God thought things through, but eventually you're gonna be left with a few million pissed-off Palestinians who will, by default, become citizens of Israel.
Good luck with that!
But today this is news.
No serious person has imagined that the settlement project was going to end.
Ever.
And it hasn't.
And you can't blame the Israelis, because after all, this is God's will.
Don't know to what extent God thought things through, but eventually you're gonna be left with a few million pissed-off Palestinians who will, by default, become citizens of Israel.
Good luck with that!
Wednesday, July 29, 2015
Israel in the age of Islamic State
The arrogant Likudniks who have been running the show in Israel for the last 25 years today announced another 300 settler homes on Palestinian territory in the West Bank.
As every Israeli who gives these matters any thought whatsoever already understands, that's going to inflame resistance all over again.
The "resistance" these days is largely confined to teens throwing stones at settler vehicles.
Ya, I know there's those deadly Gaza rockets that never manage to hit anything, but by and large, those stone-throwers are the "resistance."
Their resistance has recently been further criminalized by the introduction of a 20 year jail term for the stone-throwers.
While that is going on, the Likudniks have been cynically annexing the Golan, because what the hell is Assad going to do about it?
We'll just help ourselves to those oil and gas resources while Mr. Assad is otherwise occupied.
Does nobody in the Likudnik power structure see where they are taking their country?
There may be folks high up in the IDF who think they have a handle on what's going on across the borders, and at this point the upheaval is ongoing across every border.
You've got a highly unpopular non-democratic government in Egypt tamping down the fires in the Sinai.
Lebanon is practically an anarchic state, as Syria and Iraq are already.
Jordan is on the brink.
And Netanyahu concludes that this is the moment to announce 300 settler homes in the West Bank!
Yes, it may be great PR to humour some of those IS guys who show up at the border seeking medical attention. But is there a long-term strategy at work in the Netanyahu cabinet?
The closest thing that the Likudniks have ever had to a "long term strategy" is the belief that when and if the shit hits the fan, the USA will come to the rescue.
It might be time to give that strategy a good re-think.
As every Israeli who gives these matters any thought whatsoever already understands, that's going to inflame resistance all over again.
The "resistance" these days is largely confined to teens throwing stones at settler vehicles.
Ya, I know there's those deadly Gaza rockets that never manage to hit anything, but by and large, those stone-throwers are the "resistance."
Their resistance has recently been further criminalized by the introduction of a 20 year jail term for the stone-throwers.
While that is going on, the Likudniks have been cynically annexing the Golan, because what the hell is Assad going to do about it?
We'll just help ourselves to those oil and gas resources while Mr. Assad is otherwise occupied.
Does nobody in the Likudnik power structure see where they are taking their country?
There may be folks high up in the IDF who think they have a handle on what's going on across the borders, and at this point the upheaval is ongoing across every border.
You've got a highly unpopular non-democratic government in Egypt tamping down the fires in the Sinai.
Lebanon is practically an anarchic state, as Syria and Iraq are already.
Jordan is on the brink.
And Netanyahu concludes that this is the moment to announce 300 settler homes in the West Bank!
Yes, it may be great PR to humour some of those IS guys who show up at the border seeking medical attention. But is there a long-term strategy at work in the Netanyahu cabinet?
The closest thing that the Likudniks have ever had to a "long term strategy" is the belief that when and if the shit hits the fan, the USA will come to the rescue.
It might be time to give that strategy a good re-think.
Thursday, November 13, 2014
IDF forms up new Lions of Jordan Battalion to protect biggest nature reserve in Israel
According to Col. Ofir Livius, the occupied Jordan Valley is no longer part of the occupied territories; it is instead, "the biggest undeclared nature reserve in the country."
Hmm... as far as I know this marks the first time a new battalion has been struck just to secure a nature reserve. Perhaps the IDF want to pre-empt the poaching of local wildlife by ISIS recruiters? The native species are very much in danger of extinction, as everyone knows, and this IDF commitment to their conservation will no doubt be welcomed by environmentalists everywhere!
Or perhaps Col. Livius' blast 'o bullshit obscures a more unsettling reality. Abdullah Too, Israel's partner for peace in the West Bank, is living on borrowed time. A year from now he could well be domiciled in Monaco or Miami, and his country, including its military, could be swearing allegiance to the Caliph of the Islamic State.
Best get those Lions of Jordan on the ground a year early rather than a year too late.
Hmm... as far as I know this marks the first time a new battalion has been struck just to secure a nature reserve. Perhaps the IDF want to pre-empt the poaching of local wildlife by ISIS recruiters? The native species are very much in danger of extinction, as everyone knows, and this IDF commitment to their conservation will no doubt be welcomed by environmentalists everywhere!
Or perhaps Col. Livius' blast 'o bullshit obscures a more unsettling reality. Abdullah Too, Israel's partner for peace in the West Bank, is living on borrowed time. A year from now he could well be domiciled in Monaco or Miami, and his country, including its military, could be swearing allegiance to the Caliph of the Islamic State.
Best get those Lions of Jordan on the ground a year early rather than a year too late.
Sunday, August 31, 2014
While all good people are aghast at Putin's land grab in Ukraine, we totally ignore Israel's land grab in West Bank
Putin's land grab in Ukraine hasn't actually grabbed any land.
But it's made headlines galore in the nations of freedom and virtue.
Israel, on the other hand, has officially announced that it's grabbing another slice of Palestine, just because they can.
That makes virtually no headlines whatsoever, although we see Washington making some mealy-mouthed statements about how stealing Palestinian land may not be conducive to forging peace with the Palestinians.
That's a start.
As for that sibling rivalry between Russia and Ukraine, maybe we should butt out and let them sort it out.
But it's made headlines galore in the nations of freedom and virtue.
Israel, on the other hand, has officially announced that it's grabbing another slice of Palestine, just because they can.
That makes virtually no headlines whatsoever, although we see Washington making some mealy-mouthed statements about how stealing Palestinian land may not be conducive to forging peace with the Palestinians.
That's a start.
As for that sibling rivalry between Russia and Ukraine, maybe we should butt out and let them sort it out.
Friday, January 18, 2013
Exodus II; secular Israelis will exit in droves after election
All indications point to the next government being sharply to the right after Tuesday.
How one can be "sharply to the right" of the travesty that has been unfolding under Netanyahu these past few years is a bit of a brain teaser.
The hitherto unspoken will be proclaimed from the rooftops. Netanyahu has at least kept alive the fiction that he is for a two state solution. That will melt into the air after Tuesday. Oh, there may be a two state solution, but the other state will be somewhere else.
Siberia perhaps?
Somewhere in Africa?
Jordan? Gaza? The Sinai?
How about Canada? Canada's Foreign Minister John Baird has proclaimed that Canada is Israel's best friend; perhaps he can help out by providing a Palestinian Homeland.
But wherever it is and whatever it is, it won't be on the West Bank.
As the JPost announced today the West Bank residents are becoming more and more enamored of Hamas anyway. Let them move to Gaza to enjoy the benefits of Hamas governance.
Then there is the matter of Iran. The Bibi clique has made it clear, all protestations from the highest levels of the defense establishment aside, that war with Iran would be a good idea. With a fresh mandate he may well act on his obsession.
Then there is the issue of the rapidly growing sector who are more just than the just, more kosher than the kosher, closer to the Almighty in every way, but refuse to serve in the military or take employment. This minority will eventually be a majority.
All of which will help seal the deal for the 40% of Israelis already toying with the idea of absconding to more hospitable climes...
New York, Miami, Montreal, Toronto, Berlin...
How one can be "sharply to the right" of the travesty that has been unfolding under Netanyahu these past few years is a bit of a brain teaser.
The hitherto unspoken will be proclaimed from the rooftops. Netanyahu has at least kept alive the fiction that he is for a two state solution. That will melt into the air after Tuesday. Oh, there may be a two state solution, but the other state will be somewhere else.
Siberia perhaps?
Somewhere in Africa?
Jordan? Gaza? The Sinai?
How about Canada? Canada's Foreign Minister John Baird has proclaimed that Canada is Israel's best friend; perhaps he can help out by providing a Palestinian Homeland.
But wherever it is and whatever it is, it won't be on the West Bank.
As the JPost announced today the West Bank residents are becoming more and more enamored of Hamas anyway. Let them move to Gaza to enjoy the benefits of Hamas governance.
Then there is the matter of Iran. The Bibi clique has made it clear, all protestations from the highest levels of the defense establishment aside, that war with Iran would be a good idea. With a fresh mandate he may well act on his obsession.
Then there is the issue of the rapidly growing sector who are more just than the just, more kosher than the kosher, closer to the Almighty in every way, but refuse to serve in the military or take employment. This minority will eventually be a majority.
All of which will help seal the deal for the 40% of Israelis already toying with the idea of absconding to more hospitable climes...
New York, Miami, Montreal, Toronto, Berlin...
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