Marv Gandall wrote: > It's not possible to conceive of a socialist revolution in Palestine/Israel > which would not involve the participation of the Jewish masses, and if such > were to come to pass, the question of a "Jewish state", especially in terms > of what it has come to represent, would be moot. It's very unlikely that > Hebrew-speaking revolutionaries, having shed their blood with > Arabic-speaking Palestinians against the Zionists and the Zionist idea, > would be asking, if anything, for more than the new state's support for the > preservation of their language and culture.
But the conflict is not about language and culture. It is about power, land, wealth, etc. And, furthermore, what is so amazing about the Zionist project is its inability to think outside the box. South Africa abandoned apartheid but did nothing to attack the power, land, and wealth of the white minority. A more clever Zionist leadership would abandon the racial basis of the state and put the ineffable Abbas in charge of the government. Nothing would change, however. But since the presence of religious zealots in the veins of Israeli society prevents this, the inevitable outcome will be like Algeria no matter how long it takes. The demographics favor this. ________________________________________________ YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
