We want 'Palestine to be free' and we support Palestinian aspirations for a peaceful state of their own. But the world cannot afford another failed state—another Lebanon or Afghanistan.
From American college campuses to the streets of London, protesters can be heard chanting, 'from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.' The phrase suggests the destruction of Israel and its people between the Jordan River and Mediterranean Sea. As Jews and Zionists, those words are horrifying. But this does not mean we wish to see the Palestinian people denied the fruits of freedom.
's senior leadership has been mired in scandal for years, including charges of nepotism, corruption, and sexual misconduct. They have a billion-dollar budget and yet Palestinians remain trapped in an endless cycle of destitution. does not work, and it does not serve the Palestinian people.Finally, we'd like to see Palestinians free from Western academic orthodoxy, the adherents of which naively chant, 'from the river to the sea,' but who have no meaningful understanding of the history, politics or culture of the middle east. Their virtue signaling is an act of violence because it legitimates those who wield authoritarian violence over Gaza.
, from the cynical exploitation of so-called allies, and from the idiocy of academia.From there, we can do more than hope and pray for peace: we can realize it. From the river to the sea.Rachel Fish is special adviser to the president at Brandeis University. Aviva Klompas is the former director of speechwriting at the Israeli Mission to the United Nations. They are co-founders of Boundless Israel, a non-profit organization that partners with community leaders in the U.S.
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