User:Skakkle/Palestinian-Israeli issue

I heard the phrase "the Palestinian-Israeli issue" used here (timestamped).

And wow. watching a view videos from this program and listening to its anchor Steve Clemons, it seems to be part of an unabashed anti-Zionist worldview. Shocking stuff. It seems that they are not gently trying to goad the average American or Western media consumer into a place that's more sympathetic to the Palestinian cause (here, an explicit anti-Israel cause), but rather they're speaking to English speakers who are already converted, or native to that worldview. Contrast with Democracy Now, which is ardently in a similar camp, but is a program which is inherently American in character, an American production, as opposed to an American anchor man giving voice to Arab-nationalist/ Anti-Israel sentiment/ Qatar state media.

Putting the word Palestinian first makes sense. Clemons says that "(the issue cannot) be contained or kept quiet forever" now, after the outbreak of the Israel Gaza war 2023. It just feels like he's saying the world is considering that all Israelis should leave or die. I know this is not a practical consideration for at least 100 years, for those who would have their way in that direction. I would start with dismantling all settlements in the West Bank. Just think how tall an order that is.

So, I'm forced to consider that this propaganda sounds nice to many people, but is unrealistic. They're fighting a media war, that's an extension of the shooting war. And they're not gonna make progress on their real goal on the ground. And that's kind of sad.