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This week the Federalist (published by husband of Meghan McCain) published an extraordinary piece by DePaul Prof Jason Hill entitled, "The Moral Case For Israel Annexing The West Bank—And Beyond”
thefederalist.com/2019/04/16/mor…
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thefederalist.com/2019/04/16/mor…
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On status of civilians: "Israel made an altruistic mistake toward the Palestinian people after the 1967 defensive war with Jordan. Rather than regard them as 'war settlers' or refugees or...'illegal occupants,' they made the Palestinian people their political & moral problem.”
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“…the “war settlers” could have been seen as enemies of the state...Under a different set of political sensibilities, the Palestinian people would have been militarily removed from the area because, morally speaking, after the 1967 war, they never belonged there…”
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“...The purpose of war is always to vanquish the enemy. The losers of the war [i.e., the civilians who happen to already be living on the land known the hands of the victor] cannot make demands on the victors…”
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"Jewish exceptionalism & the exceptionalist nature of Jewish civilization require an unconditional space for the continued evolution of their civilization…”
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"What’s good for Jewish civilization is good for humanity at large. Jewish civilization is an international treasure trove that must be protected…”
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"Not all cultures are indeed equal. Some are abysmally inferior and regressive based on their comprehensive philosophy and fundamental principles—or lack thereof—that guide or fail to protect the inalienable rights of their citizens.”
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"Given voting patterns of Palestinians—towards Islamicism & terrorist organizations for the most part—that openly advocate & work for Israeli & Jewish destruction and annihilation, a strong argument can & ought to be made to strip Palestinians of their right to vote—period.”
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"applying Israeli law in Judea & Samaria...is an application of democratic law protecting the rights of the individuals **who rightfully belong there.**” [emphasis added]
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Re Gaza: “...Israel has every moral right to wage a ruthless and unrelenting war against Hamas and to re-settle the land if it ever so desires.”
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Wait - it gets better…
"America must also admit that it owes Israel political & financial reparations for America’s many decades of support of the PLO and the PA…”
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"America must also admit that it owes Israel political & financial reparations for America’s many decades of support of the PLO and the PA…”
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"This political & economic reparation would see the US supplying Israel even more advanced military capabilities, and funding Israel’s military defense in any manner Israel deems necessary for its survival and unrivaled military status in the Middle East….”
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"Should a regional conflict between Israel and her Arab neighbors emerge, Israel will need to demonstrate extraordinary, excessive, and unprecedented military might in a manner that can act as a deterrent and, if necessary, to irrevocably destroy her offensive enemies.”
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"Continued militarization of Israel comprises protracted support of our political and moral alter-ego in the Middle East.”
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The Palestinian people "have never come into their own as a people largely because they have never explicitly held a philosophy that can support freedom, the basic liberal principles of individual rights, and a free market economy.”
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"Given Fatah and Hamas’s genocidal aspirations toward Israel and universal Jewry and, in the case of Hamas, of a global caliphate, a moral goal would be to reverse the potential sovereignty of every Palestinian movement in the region.”
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"It ought to force Jordan to re-revoke its citizenship status of the Palestinian majority in Jordan.”
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"Whatever actions Israel or any of her allies take against them in a war against terror are their responsibility, and are moral. A people that overwhelmingly approves of their terrorist leaders cannot be made to become citizens of any civilized country such as Israel."
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"No moral or political distinctions must be made between Fatah, Hamas, and the people who elect and or support them. No constituted people responsible for the election and appointment of terrorist actors can or should be entrusted with the responsibility of voting.”
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"They constitute a national security threat to Israel because a core feature of their identity is a commitment to destroying Israel as a Jewish state. Therefore, only a policy of **radical containment or expulsion** remains a viable option.” [emphasis added]
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"One cannot admit anti-Semitics [sic] devoted to the destruction of Israel into the domain of Jewish civilization.”
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"There has to be some semblance of re-shaping the political sensibilities of those outside the historic process. If this is not possible, then we have to admit to their intrinsic humanity, but also, nevertheless, confess to their tragic status as political ballasts.”
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Author is @JasonDhill6 "honors distinguished professor of philosophy at DePaul University in Chicago. His areas of specialization include ethics, social and political philosophy, American foreign policy, cosmopolitanism and race theory”
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@JasonDHill6 And as Congress whips hysteria over a univ conference for a joke song & failing to reflect Israeli govt views, don’t hold your breath for anyone to say a word objecting to a prof at this Univ calling for literal war crimes, or asking about federal funding to his institution.
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@JasonDHill6 PS: Take note of “and beyond” in headline. Given assertions of Israel’s right to "irrevocably destroy her offensive enemies” & that "Jewish civilization require an unconditional space" for "continued evolution” suggests green light for Israel to expand borders deeper into region.
