It’s a shame that the Israel this author is analyzing is a pure fiction, because the analysis is otherwise solid.

But it all ultimately hinges on pretending that current Israeli policy just sprang into existence after October 7, and could have been something other than what it was, when the reality is that current Israeli policy is just an extension and expansion of policies that have been in place for decades, and there was no other direction it could have possibly gone.

Israel has been oppressing and murdering Palestinians in Gaza, and terrorizing, murdering and stealing the land of Palestinians in the West Bank, for decades now, while most of the west self-servingly turned a blind eye. They didn’t just suddenly start doing that after October 7 - they’d been doing it all along. All they did after October 7 really is pull out all the stops and start murdering en masse rather than just sporadically.

Israel would indeed be in a much more secure position if they instead helped establish a stable and non-Hamas government in Gaza and worked toward a two-state solution. But they threw the idea of a two-state solution out decades ago. It’s not an accident that the last notable official to publicly promote a two-state solution - Rabin - was assassinated.

Yes - Israel would be better off following the strategy outlined in this article. But they would’ve had to have started following it decades ago, and notably didn’t. By October 7, it was already far too late.

Fuck off out of Jordan, Gaza and the West Bank.