The Case for Optimism About Israel

The Case for Optimism About Israel

When I wrote this week that Israel appears increasingly bound for a future of authoritarianism and international isolation, as Israelis continue to trade away their democracy to maintain their occupation of the Palestinians, I received two broad categories of counterarguments.

The first, most associated with the Israeli right, says that the status quo is basically sustainable or not worth changing in the immediate future. According to this view, Israel will be able to preserve both the occupation of Palestinians and Israeli democracy in something akin to perpetuity. While this position often acknowledges the occupation as bad, it views the costs of ending the occupation as exceeding the benefits to Israelis.

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