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i dont see this as a chicken-egg problem, frankly.
i see "terrorism" as the direct consequence of the way in which israel has chosen to carry out its occupation.
there are lots of alternatives that could be explored--it is sad that the israeli right has successfully presented the situation as excluding other possibilities--like ending the occupation. like ending the reliance on brute military force. like ending the brutalization of palestinians on in gaza, and dismantling the settlements on the west bank.
i know the alternate interpretation---the chicken-egg one--and have thought about it for quite some time--but it holds no water for me. simply because of the overwhelming assymetry of the conflict, the absurdity of the claim that israel's survival is at stake, etc. the simple fact seems to me that there are options, but the israeli right benefits politically by framing them out of the question and so there we are.
on an unrelated matter (feel free to respond in the moderate thread, if you think it a better place): what exactly does being a moderate in the present american political context actually mean?
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