1. A quick twitter essay on Israeli cognitive dissonance on Palestinian unity and governance.
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2. Washington Post article reminds us that Israel once supported Hamas as counterweight to Fatah: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/07/30/how-israel-helped-create-hamas/ …
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3. Israel's long-time support of Hamas remains pertinent because was part of "divide-and-conquer" policy towards Palestinians still in place
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4. Divide and conquer: using informers, spreading rumors, offering special privileges to some (i.e. enticing Arab Christians to join IDF)
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5. Divide and conquer is a good policy for maintaining dominance but it comes at a cost: shattering society you are ruling.
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6. The Israelis, we're told, have no partners for peace. But desire for partner for peace in tension with divide and conquer.
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7. To have desired "partner for peace" you need a Palestinian proto-government that is unified & effect, which divide & conquer undermines.
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8. Divide-and-conquer tactics undermine the possibility of having an effective proto-government you can make a deal with.
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9. Divide-and-Conquer -- policy of keeping Palestinian proto-polity splintered & weak -- is part of corruption of the occupation.
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10. When we talk about what's wrong with the occupation, too often the emphasis is merely on the material damage (houses destroyed, etc.)
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11. But to the material costs of the occupation we have to add the spiritual costs: mentality divide & conquer example of moral corruption.
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