The current Netanyahu-led government was born in sin

The occupation not only defies Israel's democracy but poses the greatest peril to Israel's security and survival as a Jewish and democratic state. Yes, I blame Netanyahu and his culprits for shattering the prospect of peace and putting Israel at an ominous crossroads, racing downhill toward the abyss.

Whereas the Israelis poured into the streets by the hundreds of thousands every week for nearly six months to protest against Netanyahu's menacing "judiciary reforms," which was necessary because Israel's democracy was on the line, they should now pour into the streets with the same tenacity, vigor, and numbers and demand an end to the brutal occupation. And given the recent developments, this government should not linger another day so that Israel can instead move toward a government that is going to think in terms of an endgame solution to the war.

The tragic war against Hamas will come to an end sooner or later. The war, however, made it clear that there would not be a return to the status quo ante and that ending the conflict permanently would require dissolving the Netanyahu government, which was born in sin, and resuming the peace process with a clear vision and determination to reach a peace agreement based on a two-state solution.

In my next article, I will argue through a process of elimination that there is no other realistic option to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict than a two-state solution, and why the tragic Israel-Hamas war strongly validates this argument.