Russia Has The Solution To Gaza Crisis! – Norman Finkelstein (Jimmy Dore)

In response to this past weekend’s deadly attacks on Israel by militants from Gaza, Russia has released a statement calling for an end to violence and for the conflict to be resolved on the basis of international law. The proposed resolution would entail a return to the 1967 borders and a two-state solution.

Guest host Craig Jardula and Americans’ Comedian Kurt Metzger talk to professor and author Norman Finkelstein about the Russian offering and why it’s far more productive than the kind of boilerplate “We stand with Israel” palaver coming from the likes of EU President Ursula von der Leyen.



There's also a danger with Israel trying to goad the US into attacking Iran in response to the current fighting. They tried to do this with the Bush invasion of Iraq and failed. The problem for the US attacking Iran is they don't have many options in terms of striking the country. This is a relatively good thing. 

The peace proposal put up by Russia, that follows International Law, is not something that the Israelis will ever follow because of their fear of attack from a strong Palestinian State. They further fear strong Arab States. The Israeli plan from the very beginning in 1947 is to essentially eliminate all threats to their State. This will likely continue. The other outcome, if the Israelis do not maintain a war-like disposition, is that they will eventually be attacked by an Arab coalition and wiped out. This is why they have nuclear weapons as a last resort and why they don't want other countries in the region to have them.   

[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, October 13, 2023.]