And we need to redefine sovereignty. Israel will not disappear off the map. The majority of the Israelis living there today will not return to the countries their parents and grandparents came from, even though I do suspect that some will try to desert the sinking ship of unearned prerogatives. After all, if they are to suddenly become equal with the Palestinians, no longer living in “Jewish-only” luxury gated communities, some will decide that they are better off living in Europe or the US. But these will be the minority. Millions of Israelis will continue to live in the country they love, for many, the only country they know. They just won’t be
legally privileged, as much as they will be privileged as all hereditary benefactors of oppressive systems are. You know, like being white in the US after the abolition of slavery, or white in South Africa, after the end of apartheid. They will be Jewish in Israel, after the official end of Jewish supremacy.
And the Palestinians will return, after decades of languishing in refugee camps, in hostile countries, or even just miles from their ancestral village. Impoverished, traumatized, rightfully bitter at their unfair cruel treatment for close to a century, they will finally enjoy equal rights in a country transformed by decades of Jewish supremacy. They will be a free people again, free to learn and teach and take pride in their culture and history, and they will have much to learn, for so much will have been erased, has already been erased. How do we redefine sovereignty, so that the Palestinian people are sovereign in their homeland, as Israel ceases to be a Jewish supremacist apartheid state, but is not “destroyed,” only improved upon?
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The end of apartheid in Israel will not destroy the country, it can only improve it