An Existential Threat and its Solution.

by Brad Stroud

The bottom line is the settlements. They are an existential threat to the Palestinians. Their expansion is an existential threat to the Palestinians. Therefore the expansion of settlements must stop. Therefore the settlements must be dismantled.

The bottom line is the settlements. They are an existential threat to the Palestinians. Their expansion is an existential threat to the Palestinians. Therefore the expansion of settlements must stop. Therefore the settlements must be dismantled.

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This is the existential threat in the Middle East. It is the only existential threat.

Do not be placated by political talk from the lips of Obama and administration or any member of the Israeli government including Netanyahu until the words are these:

Obama: "Mr. Netanyahu. Dismantle the settlements."

Netanyahu: "The Zionist ambition for a Greater Israel has seduced us into believing that anything great could come out of the complete destruction of a homeland for the Palestinians. Our future, our greatness as a nation, can only come about from a greatness of spirit. This spirit begins today with me as I sign into law the dismantling of the settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem."

(Citizens and human rights advocates around the world cheer in unison! And those opposed? What ill thoughts must they be thinking to oppose this?)

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