Way back towards the beginning of this weblog, I brought an article by Michelle Goldberg about the strange alliance between the Christian right in the U.S. and the extreme right in Israel.
This Salon article continues on the same theme. Israel democracy in action:
” Last week, only days after the Bush administration’s road map for peace in the Middle East was released — which calls for a Palestinian state in what most of the world considers the ‘occupied territories,’ but which Elon, the Israeli right-wing and significant elements of the U.S. Congress considers part of biblical ‘Eretz Israel’ — Elon traveled to Washington to present a plan of his own. It is simple: Give Palestinians a state by granting them Jordanian citizenship. Solve the Palestinian problem by declaring there will be no separate Palestinian state at all. Make the West Bank and Gaza a part of Israel — or rather, acknowledge what Elon already considers to be fact. The plan requires the ‘transfer’ of Palestinians from Israel to Jordan, which Elon insists would be voluntary. But those who refused to transfer, under Elon’s plan, would be considered foreign nationals and denied Israeli citizenship.”
For those apologists in the Jewish community who say that Elon’s views are extreme and represent only a tiny minority of Israelis, keep in mind he is a Minister in Sharon’s government. And despite the bluster, he would never be able to make the trip without Sharon’s approval. Once again, the modest proposal is relevant: the “extremes” of the Israeli political spectrum share the same analysis: a two state solution is not viable. They just differ on the appropriate alternative – one side has adopted fascist ideology , the other democratic ideals. Those in the middle must choose…