{"id":1811,"date":"2021-06-26T08:32:43","date_gmt":"2021-06-26T09:32:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/malvinartley.com\/blog.malvinartley.com\/?p=1811"},"modified":"2021-06-26T08:32:43","modified_gmt":"2021-06-26T09:32:43","slug":"is-israel-to-become-palestine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/malvinartley.com\/blog.malvinartley.com\/2021\/06\/26\/is-israel-to-become-palestine\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Israel to become Palestine?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">Israelis celebrated in the streets \u2013 Bibi was out, a new government is in. At least, some Israelis were celebrating. The celebrations may be short-lived, for reasons to follow. This post follows on from the last three regarding the recent Gaza-Israeli war, and poses the question in the title: Is Israel to become Palestine? Maybe the more appropriate question would be, will Israel cease to exist in its current form, possibly to be absorbed into the neighboring states? Or will a completely new state emerge? As events have shown and as the situation stands, it would appear the days of the Israeli Zionist state are numbered, for reasons we will outline here. We will look at some background and the astrology for Israel in this post in search of an answer to the question posed in the title.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">Before we get into background, a quick look at the new government is in order. The new PM, <span style=\"color: #993300;\"><a style=\"color: #993300;\" href=\"http:\/\/malvinartley.com\/PDF%20Files\/charts\/naftali_bennett.png\">Naftali Bennett<\/a><\/span>, is a hard-liner and is said to be more right-wing than Netanyahu. Palestinians see little cause for celebration in Bennett\u2019s victory. We don\u2019t have a birth time for Bennett, but he is an Aries Sun\/Leo Moon combination, with the Sun opposite Pluto and square to Jupiter. He is an executive type and would probably turn out to be a good overall manager. His ideology will prove to be a hindrance to any moves toward better relations with the Palestinians and neighboring Arab states, though. There is <span style=\"color: #993300;\"><a style=\"color: #993300;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.astro.com\/astro-databank\/Bennett,_Naftali\">a proposed chart for him on astro.com<\/a><\/span> which gives a Scorpio Ascendant, but I have not had time to look into it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">Bennett is opposed to the creation of a Palestinian state, and hence opposed to the two-state solution. He is described as ultra-nationalist, but insider knowledge paints him as being more moderate than he is portrayed. The <span style=\"color: #993300;\"><a style=\"color: #993300;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/israel-news\/.premium.MAGAZINE-naftali-bennett-next-israeli-pm-the-man-behind-the-slogans-and-stereotypes-1.9864203\">portrayal is mostly for election purposes<\/a><\/span>. But that in itself is a problem, as it reflects the consensus of the public view \u2013 a problem for Palestinians, that is. To ensure the formation of the present government, Bennett, \u201c\u2026<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><a style=\"color: #993300;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/islamist-raam-said-ready-to-give-crucial-support-for-a-lapid-bennett-government\/\">agreed to a policy of not annexing any territory in the West Bank<\/a><\/span> and to not build any new settlements while serving as Prime Minister in a potential unity government.\u201d We\u2019ll see how that goes, as that will definitely be a problem for the Zionist mind-set.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">This new government has been formed by the slimmest of majorities (one seat) and is, as we will probably see over time, greatly divided within itself, being formed of opposing ideologies within the coalition. Thus, we can expect no major changes in policies, and it will meet stiff resistance from the opposition parties, chief among them, Likud, headed by Bibi (so long as he can stay out of jail). Now that he is not PM, he is subject to prosecution and trial on his pending charges. That brings us to the current directions and transits to the Israel 4:15 chart, noting especially the directions to the angles. The current directions and transits to the Israeli chart are below (<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><a style=\"color: #993300;\" href=\"http:\/\/malvinartley.com\/PDF%20Files\/charts\/israel_trans_dir_jun_21.png\">bigger<\/a><\/span>):<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1812 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/malvinartley.com\/blog.malvinartley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/israel_trans_dir_jun_21-1024x570.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/malvinartley.com\/blog.malvinartley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/israel_trans_dir_jun_21-1024x570.png 1024w, https:\/\/malvinartley.com\/blog.malvinartley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/israel_trans_dir_jun_21-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/malvinartley.com\/blog.malvinartley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/israel_trans_dir_jun_21-768x427.png 768w, https:\/\/malvinartley.com\/blog.malvinartley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/israel_trans_dir_jun_21-1536x855.png 1536w, https:\/\/malvinartley.com\/blog.malvinartley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/israel_trans_dir_jun_21.png 1783w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">The recent war with Hamas was shown by the direction of Saturn to the Ascendant, with the populace having to take cover in bomb shelters across Israel while Hamas\u2019 missiles caused havoc across Israeli society. The Iron Dome did not offer enough protection. The Saturn direction was immediately followed by the directed Moon\/Mars midpoint, showing the change in public opinion and the new government. Bibi\u2019s war with Hamas was the final straw for the Israeli public regarding Bibi, and was a major factor in the formation of the new government. We note also that in six months or so the directed Saturn\/Pluto midpoint will begin to affect the Israeli Horizon axis: \u201c<strong>Being placed in cumbersome and difficult circumstances<\/strong>. &#8211; <strong>Separation, mourning and bereavement<\/strong>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">Looking next at the natal Sun, representing leaders and leadership in general in a mundane chart, we see the directed Saturn\/Neptune axis, our \u2018illness axis\u2019: \u201c<strong>Physical reaction or illness as a consequence of emotional suffering or upsets<\/strong>, <strong>lack of vitality<\/strong>, a sensitive physique, a propensity to illness, disease.\u201d This was preceded by the directed Vertex to the natal Sun, marking the present period as one of particular importance to the development or progress of the Israeli state. We note, too, that Leo is the co-ruler of the Israeli 10<sup>th<\/sup> house, Leo being an intercepted sign.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">The Moon is the primary ruler of the Israeli 10<sup>th<\/sup> house, with the directed\/progressed Sun in conjunction now, having just come within orb. And finally, as Bibi\u2019s reign was about to end, transiting Mars was going across the MC, and beginning to activate the solar direction to the Moon at the Knesset vote on the 13<sup>th<\/sup> of June. In addition, transiting Pluto was within 2 minutes of arc to the 4:15 chart Horizon, Uranus had just come within orb of the Israeli nodal axis (sudden, improved or unexpected changes in relations), often indicating upsets. As the election took place within this period, Bibi\u2019s ouster was indicated. And, transiting Neptune was sextile Israel\u2019s Sun, showing the happy populace (Neptune rules ideals, fantasy and emotions in general), at least for those who wanted Bibi gone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">Following on the astrology, a little perspective on Israel, its creation and its current standing is in order, <span style=\"color: #993300;\"><a style=\"color: #993300;\" href=\"https:\/\/theanalysis.news\/interviews\/palestine-israel\/is-israel-a-strategic-asset-or-liability-wilkerson\/?fbclid=IwAR1QmdqvdhXXp7t0ldqmtTASLgYgeTxnduAp2z0Aqv7hLbPu2WaYikEHfnQ\">recently laid out by retired Col Lawrence Wilkerson<\/a><\/span>. The Joints Chiefs of Staff for the US, prior to the creation of the Israeli state, labelled Israel as \u201ca strategic deficiency\u201d instead of a strategic asset. They said so because at the time there were 400 million Arabs and only comparatively few Jews in the region, knowing that in recognizing Israel, it would cause endless antagonism to the Arab world, which has proven to be true. Truman recognized the Israeli state out of political expediency, facing re-election and needing the Jewish vote, stating there were far more Jews in New York than there were Arabs. Truman was a Democrat and New York traditionally elects Democrats. The reason for the US recognition of Israel was thereby a done deal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">Coming forward to the mid-80s, Israel had become a strategic asset, in that it had a stable society, albeit oppressive to the Arabs, a strong army and air force, and it was the only place Americans could reliably and safely land military forces in the region. It was, as described, America\u2019s land-based aircraft carrier. Joe Biden at the time said, tellingly, that if Israel did not exist, America would have to \u2018invent an Israel\u2019 to establish an American military presence in the region. He is a staunch supporter of Israel to this day \u2013 not because he has a particular love of Israelis, but because Washington thinks it needs a strong and stable military presence in the region. Israel is the \u2018hammer\u2019 to the Arab \u2018nail\u2019 as far as Washington is concerned.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">Biden\u2019s statement was made in order to push for approval of the $3 billion in aid to Israel at the time. It was not to support the society so much as it was to reinforce the American military presence in the region. Biden\u2019s statements were made at the height of the Cold War, just prior to the collapse of the Soviet Union. After that collapse, Israel was no longer needed as a hedge against the Soviets, and became once again a strategic liability to the US. The Soviets had been actively supporting many of the Arab states in the region, most notably Syria.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">It is worth noting that in the early days of Jewish settlement in the newly-recognized Israeli state, most of the settlers were European, and largely socialist and communist. That has changed dramatically, especially since the \u201890s, seeing Israel become instead a predatory and crony capitalist society, where less than 60 families own half of the infrastructure and assets, and the military-industrial complex owns just over half the land. Long gone are the days of the kibbutz. Israel has become like the US regarding its economics, infrastructure and wealth concentration.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">As it stands now, probably the only reason the US has to support Israel is because of the Jewish vote in the US \u2013 that is to say, the reason for the support of Israel now is due once again to domestic politics and not to Israel\u2019s value as a strategic partner in the region, which wanes by the day. <span style=\"color: #993300;\"><a style=\"color: #993300;\" href=\"https:\/\/mondoweiss.net\/2021\/06\/us-jews-are-turning-against-zionism-in-a-surge-pro-israel-voices-lament\/\">Israel\u2019s support across the West is slipping by degrees, notably in the US and especially amongst Jews<\/a><\/span>. It is, at times, also a problematic partner for the US. We will address why shortly. Such statements are not anti-Semitic, but are just political reality. For the same reason, the Israeli lobby in the US is very powerful, because to lose the support of the US would be perhaps a fatal blow to the security of the Israeli state. Military cooperation between the US and Israel is very strong, indeed, and Israel\u2019s Iron Dome interceptor missiles, for instance, are produced in cooperation between Israel\u2019s RAFAEL defense and Raytheon in the US.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">Coming forward to today and the current ceasefire between Hamas and the IDF, we find Israel in a more precarious position. In fact, <span style=\"color: #993300;\"><a style=\"color: #993300;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.strategic-culture.org\/news\/2021\/06\/14\/as-strategic-balance-inverts-israel-politically-and-militarily-paralysed\/\">the Israeli\u2019s have painted themselves into a hard corner<\/a><\/span>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">So fatigued and numbed by their own rhetoric have Israeli and western leaders become, that they will not think or say that Israel has run out of options. And so, western policy continues on auto-pilot. Inevitably there will be further Right-wing provocations at al-Aqsa. The IDF will default to its policy of \u2018mowing the Gaza lawn\u2019 \u2013 only one or other of these times (maybe quite soon), Israel will find itself in a multi-front war. Are they certain America will spend its blood to extract Israel from its self-made quagmire? Are they convinced Gulf States will be there too, shoulder-to-shoulder?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">The Israeli leadership has walked into a trap of its own making. The trap was set as a result of the recent war: Any provocation on the al-Aqsa compound, or any further Jerusalem ethnic clearances, could trigger a multi-front war. Israel\u2019s once vaunted military, for all the hasbara around it, has been <span style=\"color: #993300;\"><a style=\"color: #993300;\" href=\"https:\/\/patrickarmstrong.ca\/2021\/05\/31\/countering-the-american-way-of-war-proof-of-concept\/\">hit where it is weakest<\/a><\/span>. Israel seems to be <span style=\"color: #993300;\"><a style=\"color: #993300;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/hblocked?returnTo=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.haaretz.com%2F1.5200348\">more focused on hasbara than on policy<\/a><\/span> these days, anyway, seeking to keep its image propped up. Its domestic political situation is at a crossroads. The society has moved sharply to the right, with its political leadership to the far right, or reactionary. <span style=\"color: #993300;\"><a style=\"color: #993300;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.informationclearinghouse.info\/56567.htm\">It is only a democracy to the Jewish population<\/a><\/span>, and the left in Israel has been so marginalized as to not exist.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">In the recent war, <span style=\"color: #993300;\"><a style=\"color: #993300;\" href=\"https:\/\/resistancenews.org\/2021\/06\/09\/nasrallah-violations-in-jerusalem-will-lead-to-regional-war-and-israels-demise\/\">Nasrallah, head of Hezbollah in Lebanon, made the following observations<\/a><\/span>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">\u201c\u2026what happened in this last round is that Gaza intervened to protect al-Quds (Jerusalem), Sheikh Jarrah, al-Aqsa. <strong>This decision is historic, exceptional, and turns things upside down<\/strong>. The Resistance knew it was heading for war, massacres, destruction of Gaza. But the Gaza Resistance was ready to sacrifice itself to defend al-Quds (Jerusalem) and al-Aqsa. <strong>Gaza and all of its inhabitants sacrificed themselves to preserve Islam\u2019s 3rd holiest site, considering themselves to be in charge and responsible for it<\/strong>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">Due to Netanyahu\u2019s miscalculation, Israeli hubris, and thinking they could easily put down the defense of Jerusalem by Hamas, the Israeli establishment was completely taken aback. Instead of bringing Hamas to the table asking for a ceasefire, it was the Israeli leadership who unilaterally announced the ceasefire. Bibi\u2019s comments of \u2018<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><a style=\"color: #993300;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.strategic-culture.org\/news\/2021\/06\/07\/another-claim-of-mission-accomplished-collapses\/\">mission accomplished<\/a><\/span>\u2019 regarding the Palestinians with the Abraham Accords were pronounced dead and buried with the recent war. It was a very serious blow to Israel\u2019s collective security and national ego. But more than that, it has brought home a very sobering reality to the Israeli state. From Nasrallah again:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">\u201cAll the factions of the Resistance Axis (Iran, Syria, Hezbollah, Irak\u2019s PMU &amp; Yemeni Resistance) were in constant contact, hour by hour during this war. <strong>In the future, we will ensure that touching al-Quds and al-Aqsa will not only involve Gaza but the entire Resistance Axis<\/strong>. <strong>The Resistance in Gaza has imposed a new equation: if Israel lays its hands on al-Quds and al-Aqsa, Gaza is going to war<\/strong>. <strong>What we must now impose is that if Israel lays its hands on al-Quds and al-Aqsa, then there will be a regional war!<\/strong>\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">If there is a regional war involving Hezbollah, a senior Hezbollah official <span style=\"color: #993300;\"><a style=\"color: #993300;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.presstv.com\/Detail\/2021\/06\/07\/658456\/Israel-Hezbollah-Palestine-Lebanon-Hassan-Baghdadi-Sayyed-Hassan-Nasrallah-Benny-Gantz-Gaza-Strip-West-Bank-Arrests-Resistance\">warned of the \u2018fire of Hell\u2019 raining down on Israel<\/a><\/span>. Such statements may sound like hyperbole, but Hezbollah usually follows through on what its leaders say. That regional war may be coming much sooner than anyone might suppose. And now, to top it off, <span style=\"color: #993300;\"><a style=\"color: #993300;\" href=\"http:\/\/middleeastobserver.net\/iraqs-hezbollah-we-have-entered-quds-equation-announced-by-nasrallah-report\/\">the Iraqi Hezbollah has now pledged to do the same<\/a><\/span>. They number around 30,000 members in Iraq and have been active in hounding American forces there out of Iraq.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">But even more troubling than Hezbollah\u2019s statements is the recent announcement by the Bennett government, that <span style=\"color: #993300;\"><a style=\"color: #993300;\" href=\"https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/202106201083191944-ebrahim-raisis-victory-gives-israel-no-choice-but-to-attack-irans-nuclear-programme-report-says\/\">they now have no choice but to start preparing to launch attacks against Iranian nuclear sites<\/a><\/span>. That may be rhetoric for domestic consumption, but it is not the most intelligent thing to do, considering the Iranians have flatly stated Israel will be hit hard by Iran if there are any attacks by Israelis on Iranian infrastructure. Why would Israelis make such a claim? Ignorance plays a part.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">Iran just had Presidential elections and the winner, as expected, is a hard-liner, as described by the West. This has been misinterpreted by Israeli and Western sources as meaning Raisi, the new President, is going to take a tougher line on Israel and the West. The truth is otherwise. Raisi does not set Iranian foreign policy. That is the domain of their Supreme Leader, Khameini. Effectively, there will be no change in Iranian foreign policy. Raisi was elected because the Iranian people wanted him to address domestic corruption and to fix the economy, even though voter turnout was the lowest in Iran\u2019s modern history.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">Briefly, as an aside though important to understand him and to the subject of this post, Raisi is an interesting mix of factors. <span style=\"color: #993300;\"><a style=\"color: #993300;\" href=\"http:\/\/malvinartley.com\/PDF%20Files\/charts\/ebrahim_raisi.png\">He is a Sagittarian<\/a><\/span>, with either Libra or Scorpio Moon (I have not had time to have a close look at his chart, either). Information on his birth has to be taken on faith, as website translations from Farsi give very mixed results. His primary experience has been in the judiciary, and that is where he gets his reputation as a hardliner. <span style=\"color: #993300;\"><a style=\"color: #993300;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ebrahim_Raisi\">He is under sanctions<\/a><\/span> by the US and EU for alleged human rights abuses. However, looking at his policies, he welcomes sanctions, seeing them as a means to develop domestic industry and the \u2018resistance economy\u2019, and he has pledged to raise state benefits and to create six million jobs. He has a big job ahead, that being the case. He takes office on 3<sup>rd<\/sup> of August this year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">Those policies of Raisi\u2019s sound more like a progressive than what we would call a hardliner, and reflect the natal Sun\/Uranus trine in his chart, if his date of birth is correct. In fact, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JvGIqJX0KDE\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Raisi is a socialist<\/span><\/a>. But the Sun\/Moon reading, based on his life thus far, would tend toward an evening or night birth, giving Scorpio as the Moon. A Libra Moon is too flighty with Sagittarius Sun to reflect his temperament as we know it. The strong religious tone in his life is shown in the Mars\/Neptune trine along with the Sagittarius Sun. The hard line is shown by the Jupiter\/Saturn conjunction (a placement inclining to the judiciary) in Capricorn, opposed by retrograde Mars in Cancer near the midpoint.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">Coming back to Israel, then, we have hardliners in power now in both Iran and Israel, both nations having strong animosities toward each other. Raisi has said he will deal with any nation \u2013 except Israel. If the Israeli establishment is serious about attacking Iran, they will have to deal with the entire Resistance and not just Iran. So, we have two scenarios that will precipitate a regional war, one described by Nasrallah, preceding, and one based on the unified Resistance across the region.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">Keeping in mind that what is in place between Hamas and Israel is a ceasefire, meaning the war is on hold, we see how fragile that ceasefire is and the seriousness with which both sides have stated their stances. The Israelis went ahead with their Jerusalem Day flag march past the Old City\u2019s Damascus Gate, the main entrance to the Muslim quarter. In the past these marches have been very large. This year\u2019s was comparatively small and noneventful. The Palestinians see those marches as a provocation, because the march celebrates Israel\u2019s capture of East Jerusalem in the 1967 war.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">Even with the amended route for the march and the reduced numbers, it still enflamed emotions on both sides and there were clashes between Palestinians protesting the march and protesters and police. As a result, Hamas launched incendiary balloons into Israel, causing local fires, and Israel bombed Gaza in response for about 15 minutes. The ceasefire could come undone at any moment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">In another bit of history, the 1967 war (<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><a style=\"color: #993300;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Six-Day_War\">Six-Day War<\/a><\/span>) <span style=\"color: #993300;\"><a style=\"color: #993300;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/misc\/article-print-page\/.premium.HIGHLIGHT-israel-said-67-land-conquests-weren-t-planned-declassified-documents-say-otherwise-1.9873297\">was a pre-planned event aimed at expanding Israeli territory<\/a><\/span>, at which Israel took the West Bank, Gaza, the Golan Heights and the Sinai Peninsula. The Sinai was eventually returned to Egypt in 1982 and Gaza was given to the Palestinians in 2005. East Jerusalem was another spoil of that war and has been a particularly sore point with Palestinians since, as <span style=\"color: #993300;\"><a style=\"color: #993300;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theartnewspaper.com\/news\/prominent-israeli-rabbi-al-aqsa-mosque-is-the-heart-of-the-deadly-hostilities-nobody-really-gets-it\">it is one of the holiest sites in Islam<\/a><\/span>. Some radical <span style=\"color: #993300;\"><a style=\"color: #993300;\" href=\"https:\/\/electronicintifada.net\/content\/these-are-israeli-leaders-who-want-destroy-al-aqsa\/21166\">Israelis have long talked of destroying the al-Aqsa Mosque<\/a><\/span> and building a new temple on the site. To them, the area is the Temple Mount and is sacred to Judaism.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">In the <span style=\"color: #993300;\"><a style=\"color: #993300;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yom_Kippur_War\">Yom Kippur War<\/a><\/span> of 1973 the Arab world was dealt another stinging defeat by the Israelis. But it also shook the Israelis. Following the Six-Day War their victory had caused overconfidence in the IDF. The victory in the Yom Kippur War was hollower, because they had to accept a brokered peace deal, part of <span style=\"color: #993300;\"><a style=\"color: #993300;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Camp_David_Accords\">the Camp David Accords<\/a><\/span>, rather than an outright victory. Their fortunes have steadily waned since.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">The Camp David Accords eventually led to the negotiations for the two-state solution, to which much of the world has largely hoped to see happen. Neither the Palestinians nor the harder-line Israelis want to see it eventuate. The Camp David Accords in turn were followed by <span style=\"color: #993300;\"><a style=\"color: #993300;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oslo_Accords\">the Oslo Accords<\/a><\/span>, which so enraged the Israeli reactionary right that a far-right Israeli extremist assassinated <span style=\"color: #993300;\"><a style=\"color: #993300;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yitzhak_Rabin\">Yitzhak Rabin<\/a><\/span> for signing them. The <span style=\"color: #993300;\"><a style=\"color: #993300;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/news\/israel-netanyahu-supporters-hatred-fan-flames\">flames of hatred run high<\/a><\/span> in a significant portion of Israeli society.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">The two-state solution was always a smoke screen, to pacify the largest part of the West into thinking somehow peace would come to the region, and the Palestinians would finally see some justice from the Nakba. The <em>New York Times<\/em> recently had an article outlining why the two-state solution should be resurrected, but instead <span style=\"color: #993300;\"><a style=\"color: #993300;\" href=\"https:\/\/newleftreview.org\/sidecar\/posts\/friedmans-last-gasp\">exposed the delusions of liberal Zionism as being threadbare<\/a><\/span>. So, with the two-state solution exposed, and the Abraham Accords scheme being little more than a dream for Bibi and Kushner, what is left for Israel?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">It may sound surprising, but in 2012 it was suggested <span style=\"color: #993300;\"><a style=\"color: #993300;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.informationclearinghouse.info\/56566.htm\">a third of Israelis would leave Israel if they had a viable chance<\/a><\/span>. That was almost ten years ago. These would be the best and brightest of Israeli society. Coming forward to 2018:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">\u201c\u201cSpurred by the high cost of living, low salaries, and political and demographic trends, Israelis are leaving the country in droves.\u201d Given the fact that \u201cIsrael has one of the highest poverty rates and levels of income inequality in the Western world,\u201d you can see why the notion that Israel is \u2018<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><a style=\"color: #993300;\" href=\"https:\/\/obamawhitehouse.archives.gov\/the-press-office\/2015\/04\/23\/remarks-vice-president-joe-biden-67th-annual-israeli-independence-day-ce\">absolutely essential<\/a><\/span> \u2026 to the security of Jews around the world\u2019 is up for debate among Jews themselves.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">This quote goes back to some of the analysis given by Wilkerson, referenced above, in that Israeli society itself, aside from all the external challenges, is increasingly seen as problematic by its own citizens. This is another reason the Israeli state is facing an existential crisis. <span style=\"color: #993300;\"><a style=\"color: #993300;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/israel-news\/.premium.MAGAZINE-losing-hope-for-change-top-left-wing-activists-and-scholars-leave-israel-behind-1.8864499\">And then, from 2020<\/a><\/span>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">\u201cThe word that recurs time and again when one speaks with these individuals [who have left Israel] is \u2018despair.\u2019 Percolating despair, continuing for years.\u201d That is, despair among those people trying to build a society where Israeli Jews and Palestinians could live in harmony as equals. It has gotten to the point where such a humanitarian stance can result in being \u201cforced out of their jobs because of their political beliefs and activities\u201d and\/or the realization that \u201cthey could no longer express their views in Israel without fear.\u201d Those with children expressed concerns about raising them within the political and social climate that now dominates Israel.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">From a previous link, the following pretty well summarizes the public and leadership sentiment in Israel, and the prevailing trend that has brought Israel to its current state of affairs, especially under the leadership of Bibi Netanyahu. Most analyses I have seen echo the sense that the Bennett administration will only continue said policies:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">\u201cThe state has now been given over to doctrinaire chauvinists and religious extremists. Under such circumstances, is it any wonder that, as one of the few enlightened commenters stated, \u201cEvil is driving out good\u201d and \u201cThis is the price that Israelis of conscience are paying for [their opposition to] the steadfast persistence and growth of bigotry in Israel today.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">With all the preceding points in mind, is it any wonder many people are asking if Israel as a viable state will survive? So long as domestic political expediency outweighs a far-sighted will to pull the Israeli state out of its morass and to find a way of ensuring equal rights and opportunities for <em>all<\/em> inhabitants within Israel\u2019s borders, abandoning the Zionist mind-set, Israel\u2019s prospects into the near future look dim indeed. The next attack on al-Aqsa or East Jerusalem will precipitate the breaking of the ceasefire and probably a regional war.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">In the case of a regional war, members of the Israeli establishment might be counting on the US to come running to the rescue. That is no longer a certainty, especially under the Biden administration and the growing opposition to Israel\u2019s policies by the American public, even among evangelical Christians. But the reality is Biden is turning attention away from the Middle East\/West Asia, with the focus toward China instead.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">The US, for example, is <span style=\"color: #993300;\"><a style=\"color: #993300;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2021\/6\/18\/us-pulls-antimissile-batteries-from-middle-east-report\">removing its Patriot missile batteries from the region<\/a><\/span>, which leaves the host nations in the Gulf without air defences. It is also doubtful the Gulf States who have signed normalization pacts with Israel would come running to Israel\u2019s defence, either, given their past animosity toward Israel. They have their own problems at home and are targeted by Iranian missiles. Hence, we see moves toward rapprochement between erstwhile enemies in the region. The US wants to end its endless wars. It is <span style=\"color: #993300;\"><a style=\"color: #993300;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.moonofalabama.org\/2021\/06\/the-war-on-afghanistan-is-lost-but-the-us-still-tries-to-keep-a-foot-in-its-door.html\">defeated in Afghanistan<\/a><\/span>, wants to pull out of Syria, is gradually being hounded out of Iraq and <span style=\"color: #993300;\"><a style=\"color: #993300;\" href=\"https:\/\/journal-neo.org\/2021\/06\/21\/after-a-long-period-in-the-wilderness-things-are-looking-up-for-iran\/\">things are looking up for Iran after a long period in the wilderness<\/a><\/span>. And now <span style=\"color: #993300;\"><a style=\"color: #993300;\" href=\"https:\/\/journal-neo.org\/2021\/06\/22\/israel-new-trends-or-old-conflict\/\">the new government in Israel wants to undo the foreign policy achievements of Netanyahu<\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">It has been stated that, fragile as it is, the way the Bennett government could stay in power is by a war. Bibi is now the \u2018Israeli Mitch McConnell\u2019, who has pledged to do everything in his power to break up the coalition and force new elections \u2013 meaning promoting more political uncertainty in Israel. There are also hopeful comments that Bennett can begin to turn Israeli society toward a more inclusive approach domestically, giving recognition of rights to the Palestinians and so forth. That may be wishful thinking.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">But as most readers probably know, it only takes a few malcontents to spoil the progress and well-being of the majority. If the astrology of Israel\u2019s 4:15 chart plays out as predicted, we can expect some sort of paralyzing conflict, whether political paralysis, intense civil unrest (possible given the current Pluto transit) or even a regional war. These things would happen within a year from now. The reactionary factions in Israel, who are a significant number, will not let go of their gains willingly, and will provoke some kind of event to try to hold on to what they have if they see it slipping away. Instead, they could well bring down the house around them in the process.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">Given all the preceding, then, we ask again: \u201cWill Israel become Palestine?\u201d Will a new state emerge from what we see in Israel today? There is no good reason why Palestinians and Jews cannot co-exist. But to do so, the Zionist ideology has to go.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">Featured pic from <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Israel_palestine_flag.jpg\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Wikimedia Commons<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israelis celebrated in the streets \u2013 Bibi was out, a new government is in. At least, some Israelis were celebrating. The celebrations may be short-lived, for reasons to follow. This post follows on from the last three regarding the recent Gaza-Israeli war, and poses the question in the title: Is Israel to become Palestine? Maybe &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/malvinartley.com\/blog.malvinartley.com\/2021\/06\/26\/is-israel-to-become-palestine\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Is Israel to become Palestine?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1813,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[302,192],"tags":[11,448,4,17,450,447,449],"class_list":["post-1811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economics","category-military","tag-astrology","tag-bennett","tag-iran","tag-israel","tag-nasrullah","tag-palestine","tag-raisi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/malvinartley.com\/blog.malvinartley.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1811"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/malvinartley.com\/blog.malvinartley.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/malvinartley.com\/blog.malvinartley.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malvinartley.com\/blog.malvinartley.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malvinartley.com\/blog.malvinartley.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1811"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/malvinartley.com\/blog.malvinartley.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1811\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1815,"href":"https:\/\/malvinartley.com\/blog.malvinartley.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1811\/revisions\/1815"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malvinartley.com\/blog.malvinartley.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/malvinartley.com\/blog.malvinartley.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malvinartley.com\/blog.malvinartley.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malvinartley.com\/blog.malvinartley.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}