Does Israel Have the Right to Exist?
Does Israel have the right to exist? That's a stupid question, and the answer to stupid questions is yes and no. Does the United States have the right to exist? yes and no. There is a version of the United States that does not have the right to exist. That version existed until the Reconstruction amendments to the constitution were enacted between 1865 and 1870. That version legalized slaveryand the forceable expropriation of land from native Americans, and denied women the right to vote. That version of the United States did not have the right to exist. Recognizing this,our citizens eventually amended the Constitution to abolish slavery and give women the right to vote. (Less was done to right the wrongs done to Native Americans.) In the case of Israel, there is no consitution to amend. There is, however, the Basic Law enacted in 2018 saying that "the State of Israel is the nation-state of the Jewish People" and that the right to exercise national self-determination in ...