By David Singer ——Bio and Archives--February 27, 2020
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"I am very proud of being Jewish. I actually lived in Israel for some months. But what I happen to believe is that, right now, sadly, tragically, in Israel, through Bibi Netanyahu, you have a reactionary racist who is now running that country."This "reactionary racist" just happens to be Israel's longest serving Prime Minister —victorious after six election campaigns conducted in fully democratic and openly transparent elections. Sanders' comment doesn't say much for his opinion of the majority of Israelis whose votes have kept Netanyahu there. Bloomberg was motivated to chime in with his take on Israel:
"Well, the battle has been going on for a long time in the Middle East, whether it's the Arabs versus the Persians, the Shias versus the Sunnis, the Jews in Israel and the Palestinians, it's only gone on for 40 or 50 years. Number one, you can't move the embassy back. We should not have done it without getting something from the Israeli government. But it was done, and you're going to have to leave it there. Number two, only solution here is a two-state solution. The Palestinians have to be accommodated…"
Bloomberg, in mentioning the need for a two-state solution, was apparently ignorant of the fact that the Palestinian Arabs had been allocated 78% of Palestine in 1922, which subsequently became a sovereign state renamed the Hashemite Kingdom of Transjordan in 1946—today called Jordan. For someone aspiring to be America's next President Bloomberg displayed an appalling lack of knowledge about this long running and unresolved conflict.
- The conflict between Jews and Arabs in former Palestine has been going on for 100 years—not 40 or 50 years. Brainwashed by Arab propaganda—Bloomberg had erased the origins of the conflict which began with the San Remo conference and Treaty of Sevres in 1920 and the 1922 League of Nations Mandate for Palestine.
- Had President Trump obtained a quid pro quo from Israel for moving America's Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem he would have risked impeachment by the Trump-hating Democrats. The Embassy was moved because American embassies are always located in the capitols of each country. One major policy difference between Netanyahu and Gantz makes this Israeli election an especially historic and momentous one:
- Netanyahu is offering—if re-elected and with Trump's approval—to immediately extend sovereignty into the Jewish People's heartland—Judea and Samaria—after a 3000 years absence
- Netanyahu's chief rival – Benny Gantz will not do so until the Arab States and the international community agree.
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Author's note: The cartoon – commissioned exclusively for this article—is by Yaakov Kirschen aka "Dry Bones"- one of Israel's foremost political and social commentators – whose cartoons have graced the columns of Israeli and international media publications for decades. His cartoons can be viewed at Drybonesblog
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David Singer is an Australian Lawyer, a Foundation Member of the International Analyst Network and Convenor of Jordan is Palestine International—an organization calling for sovereignty of the West Bank and Gaza to be allocated between Israel and Jordan as the two successor States to the Mandate for Palestine. Previous articles written by him can be found at: jordanispalestine.blogspot.com