yael on Nostr: Not to step in a beehive, but there's actually an easy solution that would remove ...
Not to step in a beehive, but there's actually an easy solution that would remove American agency and debate on this question altogether.
Just ending US aid to Israel.
This is a consistent theme in American Jewish press and actually a major talking point for several pro-Israeli analysts. Israel is wealthy enough as a nation now, and can issue bonds if it wants additional (and necessary) funds for defense.
Making diaspora politics something so central to the American experiment and policymaking is dangerous and injurious to all kinds of liberty at home, and it also completely warps democratic order in Israel in a way that many Israelis and Arabs also resent.
https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/end-american-aid-israel
Just ending US aid to Israel.
This is a consistent theme in American Jewish press and actually a major talking point for several pro-Israeli analysts. Israel is wealthy enough as a nation now, and can issue bonds if it wants additional (and necessary) funds for defense.
Making diaspora politics something so central to the American experiment and policymaking is dangerous and injurious to all kinds of liberty at home, and it also completely warps democratic order in Israel in a way that many Israelis and Arabs also resent.
https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/end-american-aid-israel