Here's the deal: if Israel backs itself into a corner that can only be resolved with the dissolution of Israel, that's the risk they must be aware they are taking.
Otherwise it is in fact a creation and a satellite of the U.S.
If the eventual result of the honest-broker, non-military role of the US results in the dissolution of Israel, so be it. I don't think the citizens of the US would allow a slaughter of a peaceful Israel, and would vote to intervene (unlike the politicians who now vote to create Israeli policy without explicit American citizens' support).
The very threat of US non-involvement changes everything, sobers everyone up. I hope we get to that point. I wouldn't press that point if there were the kind of attempt you are talking about.
However, the idea of stateless Jews? That's an entirely different issue. I don't think it's the province or policy of the US government to be responsible for patriating stateless Jews from around the world. That's their issue, and their problem. If Jews cannot negotiate, buy, or cajole land, they'll have to live side-by-side, and attempt to buy when and where they can.
Which is about any damn where they want.
As a practical matter, Arabs need the advanced technical and financial group of Israelis, as much as the Jews want to be there. They all would quickly learn a rapproachment if one thing occured: the US saying, "hey, you all are on your own, the citizens of the US are sick of this nonsense, can't make heads nor tails of it, and think the US involvement is itself fomenting violence. Good luck, and call us for advice, we'll be happy to talk".
I say all this, btw, as a big fan of Jewish culture, its education and ethics. I'm mostly ignorant of competing Arab cultures, so I can't say I'm a fan, particularly when you look at recent events.
I'm not a fan of US sponsorship of religious adventures, that should, by rights, take hundreds of years, so let it take hundreds of years, rather than thousands of lives, this year. |
