Ron Skolnik
@ronskolnik.bsky.social
Consultant, writer, speaker, Hebrew->English translator. Posting mostly on Israel-Palestine, plus some US politics. I'm all for conversation and nuance. If you're here for snark, simplism, slogans, don't follow me.
If you prefer Dylan's solo version: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jncb...
Girl from the North Country
YouTube video by Bob Dylan - Topic
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November 29, 2025 at 12:28 AM
If you prefer Dylan's solo version: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jncb...
I think we're done here. Sorry, life's too short and the world too complex.
November 22, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I think we're done here. Sorry, life's too short and the world too complex.
Appreciated, but I'm just paraphrasing the writer, @joshualeifer.bsky.social! (Weren't enough characters for this in the original post.)
November 22, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Appreciated, but I'm just paraphrasing the writer, @joshualeifer.bsky.social! (Weren't enough characters for this in the original post.)
Yes, that was indeed curious - though probably more out of not giving it much thought, as opposed to insinuating any particular political message.
November 21, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Yes, that was indeed curious - though probably more out of not giving it much thought, as opposed to insinuating any particular political message.
Perhaps the best name for the one-state reality depicted is Israel-not-Israel. There's a solid line btwn Israel and Jordan, and another one btwn Israel and Egypt. The dotted line suggests the area beyond it isn't Israel, but also isn't 'not Israel'.
November 21, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Perhaps the best name for the one-state reality depicted is Israel-not-Israel. There's a solid line btwn Israel and Jordan, and another one btwn Israel and Egypt. The dotted line suggests the area beyond it isn't Israel, but also isn't 'not Israel'.
Sure, but that image is evocative!
November 21, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Sure, but that image is evocative!
Especially when coupled with facelessness and anonymity.
November 20, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Especially when coupled with facelessness and anonymity.
Drop in support for a two-state solution preceded October 7. Gallup graph suggests it plateaued after Oct. 7, though other polls have shown a continued decline.
November 20, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Drop in support for a two-state solution preceded October 7. Gallup graph suggests it plateaued after Oct. 7, though other polls have shown a continued decline.
Israelis have been becoming increasingly rightwing (as self-defined) in recent decades, and this Gallup poll shows a concomitant of that. And the decline actually predates Oct. 7. But, yes, sentiment and norms do cement over time and become harder to dislodge, barring some major development.
November 20, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Israelis have been becoming increasingly rightwing (as self-defined) in recent decades, and this Gallup poll shows a concomitant of that. And the decline actually predates Oct. 7. But, yes, sentiment and norms do cement over time and become harder to dislodge, barring some major development.
When 'annexation' is used in Israel, it generally means adding maximum WB territory but a minimum of Palestinians, especially a minimum of enfranchised Palestinians. So the Israeli right has developed 'workarounds', which I wrote about some years back in the Old Jewish Currents.
November 20, 2025 at 2:33 PM
When 'annexation' is used in Israel, it generally means adding maximum WB territory but a minimum of Palestinians, especially a minimum of enfranchised Palestinians. So the Israeli right has developed 'workarounds', which I wrote about some years back in the Old Jewish Currents.
Questions are rarely dumb; yours certainly isn't! It is polled from time to time. This is from an early Nov. 2025 Israel Democracy Institute poll. When not segmented by ethnicity, the numbers are 35% annexation of the WB, 33% diplomatic agreement, and 18% occupation. en.idi.org.il/articles/62072
November 19, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Questions are rarely dumb; yours certainly isn't! It is polled from time to time. This is from an early Nov. 2025 Israel Democracy Institute poll. When not segmented by ethnicity, the numbers are 35% annexation of the WB, 33% diplomatic agreement, and 18% occupation. en.idi.org.il/articles/62072
I'd also qualify the Israeli veto as a 'de facto veto', since, as a matter of principle, I don't think Israeli public opinion is entitled to something that Palestinian public opinion isn't.
November 19, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I'd also qualify the Israeli veto as a 'de facto veto', since, as a matter of principle, I don't think Israeli public opinion is entitled to something that Palestinian public opinion isn't.