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Israelis and Diaspora Jews need to stop seeking legitimacy from foreign powers and start defining and pursuing Jewish national interests. Jonathan Pollard might hold the key to getting us there.
Psagot bottles featuring an ancient Judean rebel coin alongside the name of the top US diplomat expresses a deep crisis in Israel’s national camp.
While we should feel deep and genuine gratitude for Jonathan’s freedom and look forward to his arrival home in Israel, we should not overlook the deep educational value of his story to the Jewish people.
It’s naive to see the Trump administration as a ‘fascist regime’ and Biden as a savior restoring the US to liberal democratic sanity. Biden represents the very system & policies that led to the rise of Trump.
Israeli nationalists who aggressively campaigned for Donald Trump exposed the extent to which even Jews connected to their identities and homeland are still in need of healing from an exile mentality.
Jewish nationalists who confused Trump with some kind of benevolent savior may need to mourn for a bit. But then they’ll need to dust themselves off & work towards achieving psychological liberation.
Donald Trump’s Middle East ‘peace’ has opened the door to the proliferation of more advanced weaponry to be sold to the Semitic Region, leading to increased profits for Lockheed Martin.
Without endorsing Donald Trump or Joe Biden, it’s worth exploring potential scenarios for the State of Israel in the event that either candidate wins.
Jews trying to persuade one another that Jewish interests depend on either Biden or Trump winning the US election are having the wrong conversation.
The interests of the Semitic peoples demand a decrease in US hegemony & a decrease in weapons sales but the Trump team has found ways to sell arms & contain China’s influence through ‘peace’