Conversation: Israeli "Settlements" & Expansion

Too many today have willingly engaged, or been tricked into, an ideological front attempting to minimize Jewish identity, disconnect Jews from their native land/culture, and demonizing the very idea of Jews living and being empowered in their homeland.

Judea & Samaria, also referred to as the “West Bank” (British name), is the cradle of Jewish civilization. Jews rebuilding their cities and villages is not an act of colonization. To the contrary, it is an act of decolonization. Jews returning to their native homeland and reviving their civilization is an act of justice that undoes the injustices that were committed against them.

There have always been non-Jews living in Israel. Even when we go back thousands of years, non-Jews were a minority, but they lived as equals in Judea/Israel. Palestinians/Arabs, Christians, Druze, Bedouin, Cherkesim, Armenians, or any other non-Jewish minority group living in Israel, has the right to full equality. The problem today is with Gaza and Judea & Samaria (West Bank).

There is a 3-part-occupation in Judea & Samaria that forces both Israelis and Palestinians to suffer while preventing both sides from ultimately achieving justice and a sense of self-determination.

The reality is that the status quo is unjust to all players on the ground, and in order to move forward and obtain a better future, we must end the injustices that all sides experience while creating a reality that helps those involved achieve their aspirations.

The injustices on either side were caused by a series of wars. The only way that we move forward is for both sides to stop illustrating their narratives as completely opposing to one another. Justice for Israel is not the defeat of Palestinians and justice for Palestinians is not the defeat of Israel. If you are pushing such a view, your ideas are the fuel that allows this conflict to live on.

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Video by Andrew Leibman