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The late Ariel Sharon, a longtime Israeli soldier and political leader, confided his thoughts to his close friend Uri Dan, an Israeli journalist. Their beliefs can be found in This Burning Land, by Greg Myre and Jennifer Griffin.



"The bond between the two men was built on an unshakable belief. The Jews and the Arabs had been fighting for generations, and... no resolution was on the horizon," reads This Burning Land.

As Sharon and Dan saw it, "the Arabs had never genuinely accepted the presence of Israel," and so a two-state solution was not possible nor even desirable. They "accepted the conflict as a permanent feature of life in the Middle East, part of the world they were born into, and part of the world they would leave behind... In their minds—and in the minds of a fair number of Israelis and Palestinians—if you did not accept the enduring nature of the conflict, then you did not understand the conflict at all."

The 2010 book did not state the views of Benjamin Netanyahu, who at that time was beginning a long run as prime minister. But the idea of a long-lasting conflict helps to make sense of Netanyahu's interview Friday on NPR's Morning Edition, as well as several past conversations.

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[-] DolphinMath@slrpnk.net 3 points 11 months ago

Just so it’s not misunderstood, the reason I am posting Media Bias/Fact Check summaries is to add context. It is not to say that one particular news source is biased or shouldn’t be trusted. Perspectives and life experiences vary, and I don’t think we can assume everyone here is on the same page or that everyone is familiar with any particular American news outlet.

[-] YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world -2 points 11 months ago

It's fine, but you don't have to and doing so leads to lots of reports of spam.

[-] DolphinMath@slrpnk.net 4 points 11 months ago

I appreciate your service moderating this place. I think I’ll keep including it in my posts because I find it helpful, but I’m sorry you have to deal with additional spam reports about it.

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