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Israel’s survival depends on one thing: ending ’Palestine.’

JL;DR SUMMARY Yonatan Daon-Stern's essay argues passionately that Israel's survival and the safety of the Jewish people depend on decisively ending the recognition and existence of Palestine as a state. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish HistoryOslo AccordsHamasGazaPalestineJewish SafetyInternational RelationsEuropean Politics

Places mentioned

Paris, France
"For not asking their permission often enough.This is the perverse inversion at the heart of our political culture: the belief that the war is lost on the international diplomacy front, rather than on the battlefield."
Berlin, Germany
"We can cry about Macron. We can rage about Merz. But the fact is: October 7th was not made in Paris or in the Reichstag."
Jerusalem, Israel
"How different things might have been if we had not made those choices if we had not invited Arafat, armed him, and handed him land; if we had not abandoned Gaza to Hamas; if we had fought our wars to victory."
Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"How different things might have been if we had not made those choices if we had not invited Arafat, armed him, and handed him land; if we had not abandoned Gaza to Hamas; if we had fought our wars to victory."
Berlin, Germany
"But if there was one act that stood apart in its symbolism, it was Deutschland the Deutsches Vaterland imposing an arms embargo on Israel."
France
"Much of the continent collaborated in its execution.France began it. Emmanuel Macron, the French president, announced that he would recognise a Palestinian state whatever that means."
Île-de-France, France
"And when October 7th happened, nobody truly cared either. Some might have pretended for a while and then returned to form."
Gaza, Palestinian Territories
"October 7th was our doing, not because we executed it, but because we allowed it to happen."
Jericho, Palestinian Territories
"It was cheered in the streets of Gaza, Judea, and Samaria alike."
Gaza, Palestinian Territories
"October 7th was not an aberration; it was the culmination of what Palestine means."
New South Wales, Australia
"And yes, this has made Jewish life there more dangerous, driving many especially from France to emigrate."
London, United Kingdom
"For not asking their permission often enough.This is the perverse inversion at the heart of our political culture: the belief that the war is lost on the international diplomacy front, rather than on the battlefield."
Majdal, Southern District, Israel
"We know how it ended: in the camps, in the ashes of Majdanek."

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