(While Glenn Greenwald doesn't think a two-state solution is possible because of settlers, this guy does. Who is this guy? Former IOF Deputy Chief of Staff, that's who.)
from al Mayadeen English
Former Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Deputy Chief of Staff Yair Golan questioned "Israel's" democratic status in a recent interview with The Guardian.
“I’m not sure whether Israel right now is truly a democratic state anymore. It is not a question of left or right anymore: these titles are meaningless,” the leader of the occupation's left-wing Democrats party said.
Golan expressed his strong disagreement with the occupation's military presence in the occupied West Bank, denouncing right-wing voters' support of annexation and pursuit of implementing a revenge policy following the October 7 Hamas retaliation.
“The right today in Israel is people who think we can annex millions of Palestinians, and Israel should adopt some sort of policy of revenge, that we can live by our swords and not attempt to reconcile with the Palestinians or any other hostile entity in the region," Golan said, asserting, “I think 180 degrees the opposite."
The former Knesset representative stated that although his political party advocates for the end of the IOF's military and civilian presence in the West Bank, as well as the establishment of a two-state solution, it recognizes the occupation's need for "security."...
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