There is something deeply absurd about Israeli politics ahead of the 27th October election. Benjamin Netanyahu — the man who steadfastly has been rejecting Palestinian statehood for ages, expanding settlements and waging a destructive genocidal campaign in Gaza is now being attacked for being too soft on the Palestinians. Apparently, even Netanyahu is not anti-Palestinian enough for today’s Israeli extremist settler-occupiers. 

That alone tells us how far Zionist politics has shifted. In a genocidal state facing international criticism over its conduct in Gaza, Netanyahu somehow finds himself portrayed as the moderate in the room. That would almost be funny if the consequences were not deadly.

That alone tells us how far Zionist politics has shifted. In a genocidal state facing international criticism over its conduct in Gaza, Netanyahu somehow finds himself portrayed as the moderate in the room. That would almost be funny if the consequences were not deadly.

The latest attack comes from hardline politician Avigdor Liberman, a long-time rival of Netanyahu from Israel’s extremist camp, who has used Netanyahu’s own political history against him. He reminded voters that Netanyahu once publicly accepted the possibility of a Palestinian state in his famous 2009 Bar-Ilan speech.

In today’s Zionist-Israeli political landscape, merely uttering the words “Palestinian state” can apparently be cited as evidence of suspicious sympathy towards Palestinians. This is despite Netanyahu having spent much of the period since then doing everything possible to prevent Palestinian statehood under his leadership. Yet he can still be portrayed as insufficiently committed to crushing the Palestinian........

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