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The idea that Israelis have the right to self-defense against terrorism, but Palestinians do not enjoy the same right to self-defense against overwhelming devastation is either blind to human suffering or catastrophically racist or both.On twitter.com
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Nothing would have saved more lives in the last two months than a robust air defense system in Gaza, and yet nothing would have been so demonized as a government, any government, providing one to the least armed people in the Middle East.Permalink On twitter.com
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For an entire generation, final status talks / two-state solution visions have presumed that Israel would remain militarized while even an independent Palestinian state would be demiltarized. In light of the 16,000 Gazans killed, that is morally injustifiable.Permalink On twitter.com
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The 2023 conflict demonstrates that neither the US nor the European Union can credibly promise security to a future Palestinian state. Only armed deterrence by Palestine itself* could do so.Permalink On twitter.com
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* Or an allied regional power, but the performance of the "Axis of Resistance" also suggests this is insufficient to protect Palestinian lives and cities given Israel's qualitative edge in military force.Permalink On twitter.com
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