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"Notwithstanding a brief period of hope in the mid-1990s, successive Israeli
governments have long held that the country’s security must inevitably rely on
military might. But what may have worked in other places has not proven
sustainable for the complex realities of the Israel-Palestine situation.
In the century-long feud between the two sides over land, there’s been little
respite from violence. Competing territorial claims continue to fuel duelling
narratives of victimisation. These foment anger, animosity, fear and mistrust.
Colossal leadership errors on both sides during historical junctures have led
to missed opportunities to resolve a conflict that becomes more intractable by
the year.
On the Jewish Israeli side, deep-rooted existential fears, following millennia
of persecution, pogroms and the trauma of the Holocaust, were later exacerbated
by a number of mostly defensive wars fought against neighbouring Arab states.
From the 1960s, Israel’s desire for security was further challenged by
continual terrorist attacks targeting its civilians. These experiences
resulted in strong society-wide yearnings – to a level unfathomable by
outsiders – for military supremacy as a means to ensure the country’s
survival.
On the Palestinian side, experiences of dispossession, injustice, deprivation,
daily humiliation, endless violations of rights and a sense of abandonment by
the world – including by Arab states – have caused immeasurable despair.
Added to the tensions since the 1980s have been the steadily increasing
influences of religious and radical nationalist ideologies on both sides of the
fence. These developments have all but stymied hopes for a negotiated end to
the conflict in the foreseeable future."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
