The Russians are not the
only ones who talk of a “Greater” nation that, in effect, violates the
principle of national sovereignty. The Religious Zionists do the same. The
notion of a “Greater Israel” takes in the land occupied by Palestinians. Ever
since the creation of Israel these Zionists have had their eyes set on
Palestinian land based on a dubious interpretation of the Bible. These are the
people who have occupied settlements that are receiving robust material support
from the state of Israel. The overriding question: Why doesn’t the U.S.
government oppose the efforts to establish a “Greater Israel” with the same
determination that they are opposing the Russian invasion of Ukraine? In the
case of the Ukrainian conflict, Moscow is driven by other imperatives that, in
my opinion, carry greater weight than expansionism, namely the threat posed by NATO.
Israel has no equivalent excuse, since their motive for encroaching on Palestinian
land is mainly based on religious fanaticism as well as economic motives, which
are equally unjustifiable.
