If I were the Israeli-Palestinian conflict I would simply stop

If you’re baffled about the basics of why Jews and Palestinians hate each other and why the situation is so confounding and desperate, I wrote an article for @nymag in 2019 targeted at laypeople that you may or may not find useful: https://www.google.com/amp/s/nymag.com/intelligencer/amp/2019/04/the-israeli-elections-can-the-left-be-saved.html">https://www.google.com/amp/s/nym...

(Not all Jews and not all Palestinians, obviously — sorry, unclear phrasing)

There are a lot of powerful people for whom it is useful to keep folks intimidated by the prospect of learning about the nature of what happens in Israel/Palestine — defy them and learn! It’s not nearly as complicated as you’d think! Solutions, on the other hand... https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤷‍♀️" title="Achselzuckende Frau" aria-label="Emoji: Achselzuckende Frau">

There is no truly “objective” way to talk about Israel/Palestine, alas. Indeed, studying it is a gateway to understanding that there are, in fact, no such thing as objective speech acts

Maybe a better word than “objective” is “politically neutral”? Whatever, I’ll get heat for this thread no matter what I say, and so be it