The right to exist

 The "right to exist" theme causes great anxiety in Israel because of the might-makes-right nature of the creation of the state. Of course the US is also a product of might making right but the crucial difference is that native-Americans are recognized as full citizens in addition to having some (not much) of their ancestral lands reserved for them.

Israel from the beginning had no intention of any role for the Palestinian Arabs beyond menial labor, much like the case of South Africa where blacks were welcome to come work but had to leave when the day was done. That has not changed and the idea of the land being exclusively for Jews is as strong as ever with the ongoing expansion expected (Israel has no official borders and has always been and continues to be in an official state of emergency).

It is this adamant exclusivity that sticks in the craw of the world and it is testimony to the power of the Israel lobby and its associated wealth applied to the corrupt US campaign scene that has Uncle Sam, once known as Mr. Liberty and Justice for All in a trance for Israel.

If Israel is let off the hook by the ICJ, nobody will be surprised just as nobody is surprised that the UN is constitutionally unable to fulfil its purpose. The ICJ will not thereby be delegitimized, only seen as ineffectual by design like the UN itself. All the testimony gathered will not be erased from history.

The world can easily see what is taking place in Gaza and is not fooled by Israel painting Oct 7 as a continuation of the holocaust as if atrocious behavior toward the Palestinians over the history of the country has not had some relation to Oct 7.

The holocaust is a human rights disaster that Israel sees as an exclusive possession and shield against any complaints over what it has done or is doing. Israelis have a rat in the skull on this that is not present in a large number of American Jews now on the forefront of objection to the Gaza slaughter. The fact is that as an exclusively Jewish state dedicated to living (and expanding) by the sword, Israel truly is illegitimate and will be until the natives have a place in it.

North Korea, to me, doesn't hold a candle to Israel as a threat to the world because Israelis are ever-ready to see a "second holocaust" at any time and would not hesitate to launch nuclear weapons with the idea of "never again" even if the world must be brought down. Netanyahu truly sees himself leading the forces of light against those of darkness, no matter how heavily armed is Israel or how helpless are the Palestinians. The US has foolishly pumped up this Israeli inflatable by mindlessly fueling it over decades in fear of the political consequences of not doing so. 1967 was a miracle from God for Israel after which all would be possible and Uncle Sam, the God of military power, has continually fed the mania.