Jonathan Cook: Two-State Solution Was Always a Sham

Jonathan Cook: Two-State Solution Was Always a Sham

Israel's relentless expansion of illegal settlements into the West Bank and East Jerusalem while the E.U., U.S. and Britain look the other way has left any hope of a two-state solution in tatters. By Jonathan Cook Jonathan-Cook.net For decades, the E.U. has devised ever more convoluted ways

The West Won't Punish the Settlements. Its Two-State Solution Was Always a Sham - LewRockwell

If I asked you to cut off your arm, would you do it? What if I pointed out that that your arm regularly punched a neighbour in the face so violently that it broke their nose and teeth, and left them unconscious? Would you cut your arm off then? I’m guessing the answer to both questions is a firm, “No.” Which is exactly why the European Union, Britain and the United States have precisely no intention of severing their support for Israel’s illegal…

Jonathan Cook - The West won't punish the settlements. Its two-state solution was always a sham

For decades, the EU has devised ever more convoluted ways to avoid penalising Israel’s illegal settlements, even as they devour a two-state solution it claims is the only path to regional peace Jonathan Cook is the author of three books on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and a winner of the Martha Gellhorn Special Prize for Journalism. His website and blog can be found at www.jonathan-cook.net Cross-posted from Jonathan’s Substack If I aske…