The end of Israel as a Jewish state?

The settler militants are one of the leading impediments to peace in the region yet much of the mainstream media and Zionist leadership remain in denial. The Jerusalem Post editorialised last month that "radical" settlers were "undermining the case for Jewish rights in the West Bank... and harden hearts to Israel's legitimate security concerns and historic civilisational ties to the land." International law is clear: every settlement beyond the 1967 Green Line is illegal and must be removed. There can be no lasting peace and justice without this.

It was a point equally ignored by one of America's leading Zionist leaders, Morton Klein, who wrote recently that, "it is simply a flat-earth statement to describe Judea, Samaria and Gaza as occupied".

His statement is categorically incorrect though represents the official position of the vocal international Zionist Diaspora: the rampaging settlers, land annexation and anti-Palestinian discrimination is a merely defensive position by Israel. The forthcoming election may set back prospects for peace even further.

The time is approaching soon when the world will recognise what has been clear for decades: the Jewish state has neither the interest nor desire to end its illegal occupation of Palestinian territory. The alternative is now inevitable: the end of Israel as a Jewish entity.