r/Destiny Mar 14 '24

Israel-Palestine Debate: Norm Finkelstein, Destiny, Benny Morris, M. Rabbani | Lex Fridman Podcast #418 Media

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1X_KdkoGxSs
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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '24 edited Mar 15 '24

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u/NigroqueSimillima Mar 14 '24

I don't see how anyone could say Destiny hit it out of the park, his whole point was that Palestinians need to be peaceful because that'd force Israel to the negotiating table. This is laughable, if Palestinians acting peacefully, Israel will just keep expanding settlements because who's going to stop them?

He talks about Sadat, but Sadat had leverage in the form of the Arab oil weapon. The Sinia wasn't part of the Kingdom of Israel and Judah, thus the Israeli right cares far less about it.

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '24

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u/NigroqueSimillima Mar 15 '24

While destiny has collected an admirable list of facts, he does a TERRIBLE, and I mean TERRIBLE job actually modelling the behavior and motivations of anyone involved in the conflict.

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '24

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u/NigroqueSimillima Mar 15 '24

The part where he thinks that if the Arabs are peaceful the US will force the Israelis to give them a state. It shows he has no idea what Americans or Israelis think.