4281

Given that a major purpose of the West Bank land grab is to secure water sources, I’m guessing most people see that problem as solved.

4282

There’s also that thing where certain regions of the world are going to have heatwaves that are inconsistent with human survival, though I don’t know whether Israel is one of those.

4283

It seems like desertification would be a bigger deal in a place which is 70% desert already.

4284

But is it a bigger deal than raining tickets? Who’s to say?!

4285

What about raining men?

4286

Netanyahu failed to form a government, largely due to a disagreement over whether ultra Orthodox Jews should be forced into military service, like everyone else in the country.

4287

Israeli politics is weird. I would have thought they’d give the runner-up a chance to make a coalition, but instead it’s an entirely new election.

4288
4289

Well, by normal order, that’s what would have happened but …

So in essence, I guess this is what will always happen. The party that has a plurality of the vote but not the required amount to form a government can put forward a bill to not give someone else to form a government when the deadline comes looming.

4290

Indict me? I’ll just appoint myself Justice Minister:

4291

Probably Barr wasn’t available.

4292

MIDDLE EAST PEACE ACHIEVED AT LAST
(PS: not really… nobody important seems to be interested)

4293

The shorter version of the plan seems to be that Saudi Arabia should give the Palestinians money with which to build vacation condos in the West Bank and Gaza, in order to attract tourism; but that the plan is only viable if the Palestinians agree to ‘respect property rights’ in the West Bank and Gaza. I shit you not.

4294

If the peace plan is built on the financial foundation of tourism in Palestine, then that seems like something very easy for any terrorist to disrupt at will. Tourism is the first industry to collapse when a couple of car bombs go off near a nightclub or fancy hotel. Any plan which only works if 100% of the ideologues buy in seems tenuous, even if they are willing to give up enormous land rights to Israel.

4295

That’s just the least ridiculous part of this “plan.” Not that it matters, when neither side, nor the third parties nearby, actually desire peace.

4296

Tourism in Palestinian zones? Dumbest idea ever. Who wants to go hang out in forced slums reminiscent of the Nazi treatment of Jews in the 1930’s for fun?

4297

It’s the Trupiest peace plan ever.

  1. Throw hundreds of billions of dollars at it.
  2. ???
  3. PEACE!
4298

Well, it’s what you get when you ask a sleazy real estate developer to come up with your peace plan. You get a sleazy real estate promotional brochure.

4299

Great tweet thread on the mother of all Palestinian peace plan meetings.

4300

So this happened.