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Originally Posted by verklingen
but that's just the thing man, it's not coming from the youth. netanyahu is about as far removed from israel's youth as you can get.
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Netanyahu represents the whole of Israel, including the youth. My point is that the young are the ones who will be catalyst to change. They will be the ones most likely to accommodate change. The older generations of any country are typically adapted to the structure of that society to a point where change is resisted. It is a rare occurance when I will trust the concessions of the elderly.
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Originally Posted by verklingen
i'm not a palestinian and i don't live in israel, so how little this talk comes to bringing about actual change is irrelevant to me. what's important is that it indicates the direction in which things are headed. i feel like having a defeatist attitude about this instance is a lot like looking at the iranian elections and calling it evidence of unshakable suppression, when really it was a marker to stir resistance like never before. netanyahu's change of opinion on this point serves as a marker in the same way, pointing the way for things to come. when that way deviates from suppression toward peace and freedom, i'm much more impressed by the increase in peaceful attitudes than what remains of suppressive attitudes.
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This, to me, is what I would consider a feint. To save me some typing, I turn to wiki:
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A feint retreat is performed by briefly engaging the enemy, then retreating. It is intended to draw the enemy pursuit into a prepared ambush, or to cause disarray. For example, the Anglo-Saxon downfall to the Norman invasion was instigated by this tactic where the dominant shield wall of the Saxons broke in pursuit of the Norman cavalry. This forfeited the advantage of height (as the Saxons were positioned on a hill-top) and the line was broken, providing the opportunity to fight in single handed combat on a neutral vantage point, a battle for which the Saxons were not ready.
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