Philip Weiss reports on a debate about US-Israel relations at Yale which involved John Mearsheimer:
Because of relentless expansion that seems to be part of Zionism, Israel had all but foreclosed the possibility of a two-state solution. This would leave three choices in Greater Israel: a binational state that would give Arabs and Jews equal rights and would mean abandoning the original Zionist vision of the state; 2, ethnic cleansing to maintain a Jewish majority, or 3, most likely, some form of apartheid with limited autonomy for Palestinians, living in “statelets.” Everyone bridles at the word apartheid, Mearsheimer said. “But that is the future they face.... No one who wishes Israel well should be enthusiastic about” these alternative.
The NeoCon side lost, by a vote of 44-25.
I suggest similar debating sessions in Iran and with Iranians, as well as in Yale with Iranians.
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