Following my preface to this series of posts on the vengeful retribution of the Israeli state, we begin with the origins of an apartheid state born of misguided exceptionalism.
Religious zealots are the most dangerous group of believers on the planet . Just as we now have Christian’s nationalists in our government…. The Zionist party presents the same threat to democratic principles and values.
Religion and governance are incompatible. Our founding fathers recognized that and acted to separate church and state . The religious wars date back to the beginning of written history …. And yet we continue to have political leaders who believe that they are Devine conduits to the Supreme leader- whether Hebrew , Christian , Muslim or others….when religion is the basis for your governance, you are demanding conformity and obedience. Both are incompatible to democratic principles.
End Citizens United, end gerrymandering, term limits on all courts, including ‘scotus’. Aipac Tracker, Track Aipac com. Christopher Armitage , @ chrisarmitage1, Substack ,
Had no right to get off the ground in Palestine. Should have been given a portion of Germany if anything. Palestinians shouldn’t be paying the price for what Germany/Europe did.
Here is Episode 1 of a 3-part video series that describes the history of Israel and its occupation of Palestine (not including the most recent genocidal actions in Gaza and the West Bank): https://youtu.be/H7FML0wzJ6A?is=njBcnBNGaxNv98KJ
Religious zealots are the most dangerous group of believers on the planet . Just as we now have Christian’s nationalists in our government…. The Zionist party presents the same threat to democratic principles and values.
Religion and governance are incompatible. Our founding fathers recognized that and acted to separate church and state . The religious wars date back to the beginning of written history …. And yet we continue to have political leaders who believe that they are Devine conduits to the Supreme leader- whether Hebrew , Christian , Muslim or others….when religion is the basis for your governance, you are demanding conformity and obedience. Both are incompatible to democratic principles.
End Citizens United, end gerrymandering, term limits on all courts, including ‘scotus’. Aipac Tracker, Track Aipac com. Christopher Armitage , @ chrisarmitage1, Substack ,
Finally got around to reading this piece of yours. Thank you and for enlightening me about three history of the area.
You’re welcome.
Had no right to get off the ground in Palestine. Should have been given a portion of Germany if anything. Palestinians shouldn’t be paying the price for what Germany/Europe did.
Interesting newsletter, looking forward to the next part of the series.
Here is Episode 1 of a 3-part video series that describes the history of Israel and its occupation of Palestine (not including the most recent genocidal actions in Gaza and the West Bank): https://youtu.be/H7FML0wzJ6A?is=njBcnBNGaxNv98KJ
I no longer care what happens to Israel. Period.