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@ricfouad This is a thoughtful and kind thread, written with deep empathy for Israeli society. But somehow it erases the historic responsibility of both Likud and the Israeli "center", Gallant and Gantz.Permalink On twitter.com
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@ricfouad In the US context, it is obvious that Vietnam was Johnson's war. But previously Kennedy's and later Nixon's. We cannot make it belong to just Curtis LeMay.Permalink On twitter.com
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@ricfouad Likewise, in Israel, this war belongs to the entire cabinet as constituted on October 7: Netanyahu as well as Ben Gvir. And to the entire war cabinet.Permalink On twitter.com
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@ricfouad Read the ICJ case laid out by South Africa and you will find the words spoken by Gallant alongside those of Ben Gvir. Within the emergency coalition, no one's eyes were closed and no one's arms twisted.Permalink On twitter.com
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@ricfouad Outside the coalition, a Jewish liberal minority struggled for four months to find the word "no" and their responsibility is different.Permalink On twitter.com
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@ricfouad Meanwhile, a share of a generation of Israelis has done unspeakable acts and/or shared and celebrated them on Telegram and TikTok, mocking the Palestinian dead and morally participating in something unspeakable. The historic shadow of these acts remains to be seen.Permalink On twitter.com
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@ricfouad And several generations of Gazans have been unhoused, stripped of their family members, and forced to eat grass and animal fodder. The shadow of this too is unknown.Permalink On twitter.com
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@ricfouad To understand this war, we must go beyond thinking what these people would say to us (in Tom Friedman's hypothetical taxi) and ask what life have they lived these last six months, what have they done or seen, what choices did they make.On twitter.com
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