I had a conversation with a young friend yesterday; he wanted my opinion on what was happening in Israel. I told him I had no idea what was happening in Israel because I did not know of a country named Israel. I am aware, however, of a nation called Palestine. He then asked don’t you believe in a two-state solution? I responded no!!! Shocked, he asked don’t you believe Palestinians deserve a state? I responded, of course, that is the only state I believe in. He replied I want peace, so I think two states will resolve the situation. I asked him how that could be when Israel was built on a lie. How can there be peace without justice?
Anything resembling peace in Palestine, even if there were to be a two-state experiment, would amount to a smoldering cauldron that would explode at any time.
Nobody wants to say out loud what needs to be said. Everyone is either afraid or in cahoots with the Zionist Lobby AIPAC, The American Israel Public Affairs Committee. Even those opposed are petrified of the Zionists and their allies coming after them.
In the video I did above, one of my dear friends, a man I greatly respect, told me he would consider whether it was wise of him even to share the video.
My friend was concerned for my safety but feared that merely sharing a video about the subject would endanger him as well. Such is the palpability of the fear the Zionists have imposed on ordinary Americans and their ability to speak out on this travesty in Palestine.
What the world is forced to contend with is an illegitimate state created and enhanced by the Americans in 1947 and recognized first themselves a year later in 1948. This illegitimate state is no different than that which the Dutch created in South Africa, the British in Australia, or even the Americans created almost three hundred years ago.
Truthfully, the world has always been one in which the strong take what they want, and the weak suffer. However, after the Second World War, the world was told that there was a new international order in which nations were obligated to operate like good citizens in a country of laws.
This new order meant that nations could not invade other countries, plunder their resources, and take their land. An international court was also set up in the Hague, Netherlands, to hear cases against errant nations.
This was doomed to fail from the start, as the powerful nation that was instrumental in establishing the court, the United States, removed itself from its authority.
Some argue that the new order has worked. They point out that since the Second World War ended in 1945, there has not been another worldwide conflagration. Truthfully, it was a mere 21 years after World War I ended before the start of the second.
It is now 79 years since World War Two came to an end.
On the face of it, it appears that this international order has kept the peace.…..except that the world was thrust into an existential stalemate between the United States and the Soviet Union, two nuclear-armed powers competing for world domination.
After the Soviet Union collapsed, the world faced the United States, the sole nuclear Superpower, having total hegemonic autonomy over our planet.
From that emerged America pushing its weight around in nations as small as Grenada and Panama to others as large and remote as Iraq and Afghanistan. No country was spared America’s hegemonic reach, overt and covert.
So no, there has not been another world war, but we have had many wars all started by the United States.
Part of the immense power wielded by the United States included, though not confined to, the destabilization of Libya and other countries while nuclear arming and protecting the Zionist state of Israel in the United Nations Security Council.
As a consequence, Israel has thumbed its nose at the international community as it goes about committing atrocities and war crimes against the Palestinian people with zero consequence…
In the meantime, the powerful zionist lobby manages to cow anyone who dares speak out against Israel’s war crimes by labeling them antisemitic in the American mainstream media.
Even elected officials are afraid to vote against sending American tax dollars and bombs to kill Palestinians. That is the power of the wealthy and powerful Zionists operating from America’s soil…
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Mike Beckles is a former Police Detective, businessman, freelance writer, black achiever honoree, and creator of the blog mikebeckles.com.