The Obvious and the Speculative

The obvious interpretation as to why the U.S. government isn’t demanding removal and why Israel’s government is not actually removing settlements: Both are actively working against the establishment of a Palestinian State while flapping their lips in favour of this proposition.

Less obvious (perhaps not) — the U.S. and Israel will continue to steal Palestinian land and resources for years and this will continue to undermine the possibility of a viable Palestinian State.

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Could it be that after such a ruthless and immoral collection of actions, Israel will still find itself as insecure as ever? After all, the Palestinian people will still be there wanting to live decent lives on their land with their resources. Where’s the security in that right?

Yes! A built-in insecurity! One useful to continuing a systematic jurisdictional and semantic brutality (i.e., one oppresses through a policing of space and language.).

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