Jews Do Not ‘Occupy’ Their Own Homeland

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23. I know that, but Shira asked about perception.

The point is, the Jews demand political acceptance of Israel because of historical continuity. But that's the wrong approach. You can't use continuity as an argument, because there's a hole in your reasoning because you don't have political continuity.

Israel should have simply done it in the pragmatic way of other old countries: The system defines the facts on the ground and the facts on the ground define the system. An interplay of theory and practice. Of constitution and might-makes-right.
But Israel was and is defined via an ideological goal ("safe haven for Jews&quot : The system Israel defines itself only via theory. Sure, the definition of Israel influences the facts on the ground, but can the facts on the ground influence the definition of Israel?

That's where I see the problem: The nation Israel lacks the cultural and political flexibility to respond to cultural and political changes. No matter how impractical and inopportune it may become, it is not allowed to change the definition of Israel.

When Israel was founded, the path it would go down was already set. The problem how Jews and Muslims can coexist (be it together or segregated or whatever) should have been tackled right from the start. Instead it was postponed over and over again, thinking that a solution would eventually come by one day. And now it has become unsolvable. Too much hatred has festered for too long.