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by Tony Greenstein At a time when virtually all bourgeois pundits and their echo chambers were cheering for an expected Israeli Labour Party (Zionist Union) victory, I wrote: “The Israeli Labour Party, running with Tsipi Livni’s Hatnuah, has high hopes of forming the next government. It is likely to be disappointed.” 1 <http://weeklyworker.co.uk/worker/1051/why-the-right-won/#1> I do not possess a crystal ball, but I do have an analysis of Zionism and settler-colonialism which tells me what political direction Israel is travelling today. Settler-colonial states do not reform themselves of their own accord. The only thing that makes them change their behaviour is massive pressure on the settlers – external and internal. So far Israel has not experienced anything more than the mildest of social disapproval. Furthermore, settler-colonial states develop their own momentum and dynamic, which, unless they come up against determined opposition or natural barriers, such as the sea, are likely to result in the expulsion or extermination of the indigenous population. In South Africa’s case it was a combination of military defeat in Angola, the struggle of the black working class and a growing sanctions and divestment movement abroad which led to the apartheid system being dismantled. In Israel the original victims of Zionist colonisation, the Palestinians, have not been. . . full at: https://rdln.wordpress.com/2015/03/29/israeli-elections-why-the-right-won/ _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
