“One land, two peoples,”
was the title of the writer and historian of Judaism Wladimir Rabinovitch, in an article published in January 1974 in the journal
Esprit
.
No, one land entirely for the Jewish people, Israeli nationalists retort.
The ongoing war in Gaza offers, according to them, the historic opportunity to drive the Palestinians out.
“If we act in a strategically correct way and encourage emigration, if there are 100,000 or 200,000 Arabs in Gaza and not 2 million, the whole discourse the day after (war) will be completely different,”
recommends, in early January, Bezalel Smotrich, leader of the
“Religious Zionism”
party and minister of finance.
“The time has come to return to
Gush Katif
[a group of Jewish settlements in Gaza before Israel's disengagement in the strip in 2005]
and to encourage voluntary emigration,”
Itamar Ben-Gvir also advocated at the end of January. head of the Jewish Force movement, and minister of national security.
These two ministers...
This article is reserved for subscribers.
You have 91% left to discover.
Flash sale
-70% on digital subscription
I ENJOY IT
Already subscribed?
Log in