'The United States, because of its unconditional support for Israel, no matter the latter's crimes and violations of international and U.S. law, bears enormous responsibility for Israel's behavior.'
Moreover, the U.S. has, with Israel's full cooperation, established itself as the only acceptable"broker" between Israel and the Palestinians, and as such, is the only body in the world with enough influence, power, and leverage with Israel to credibly press the Jewish state to change its policies. The U.S. is, therefore, absolutely obliged as both a moral and practical matter to"alter the authoritarian trajectory of Israel.
This isn't new. It has been the case, certainly since before the 1967 war and arguably even before the state of Israel was established through the devastation of Palestinian society, the nakba, from 1947-49. And that's one of the problems with Pinkas' thinking.By asking when the U.S. will recognize the current government as"abnormal," Pinkas implies that the new Netanyahu government is unique. In terms of domestic Israeli politics, that's true.
Similarly, while Netanyahu flirted with an accelerated annexation of the West Bank in 2020, the process of gradual annexation of the occupied territory has been underway since 1968. By putting the West bank under Bezalel Smotrich's civilian authority, a line was crossed, and, as Israeli human rights lawyerthe United States is silent
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