The State of Judea and the State of Israel

5:24 PM Saturday.

My comment on Why is Israel Splitting in Two? Historian Ilan Pappé Explains the Internal War Nobody Talks About (in response to the question, "Which part of Pappé’s argument hits you hardest: Judea vs Israel, hostages, or emigration?"): 

If by hit me hardest you mean aroused the strongest sense of disbelief it was definitely the idea that IDF soldiers from "Judea" didn't value the hostages from "Israel" enough to die for them in battle. I completely disagree. If you mean struck me the most profoundly, it was the conceptual usefulness of a split between the state of Judea and the state of Israel. Was Likud still ostensibly in the state of Israel until the Judea coalition took power for the first time in 2022? Did Likud capitulate to Ben-Gvir and Smotrich, i.e., to the state of Judea, in order to keep Netanyahu in power, thus fundamentally transforming Likud, or was Likud always there? Final thought: where can I find the corresponding analysis of the fractures in Palestine? What part of Palestine is committed to a two-state secular democratic solution with a credible judiciary?

End 5:27 PM.