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Nancy F's avatar

Melanie Philips called it the soft bigotry of low expectations. Yep. Palestinians have no agency.

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Pat Johnson's avatar

Exactly. But they DO have agency. They could create peace because they are the ones creating war.

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Ian Mark Sirota's avatar

This, 100%.

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Heidi Schmidt's avatar

So well put! Another way to help explain what seems like utter craziness .

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Pamela Schieber's avatar

Great piece

TRUMP= Americans

Bibi= Israel

Israel= Jews

Jews= God

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Catherine Gonick's avatar

Where does Teju Cole stand on Israel and Palestinians?

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Pat Johnson's avatar

Nowhere good.

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Catherine Gonick's avatar

Not surprising.

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