Israeli historian says Zionism entering its ‘last phase’ | Al Jazeera Newsfeed

I'm willing to say with

some caution, that this is the

last phase of Zionism.

Historically, such

development in ideological

movements, whether they are

colonials or empires, doesn't

matter in the past. It's

usually the final chapter,

the ruthless one, the most

ambitious one, and then it's

too much and then they fall

and collapse.

When we say Neo Zionism, we

mean, I think, that the old

values of Zionism are now

being more extreme,

in a far more aggressive

form than they were before,

trying to achieve in a short

time what the previous

generation of Zionism were

trying to achieve in a much

longer, more incremental,

gradual way. So, this is

an attempt, by a new

leadership of Zionism, to

complete the work, if you

want, that they started in

1948, namely of

taking over officially the

whole of historical Palestine

and getting rid of as many

Palestinians as possible.

A scenario in which you have

minimal American involvement

is a positive scenario.

The whole political structure

that was built after the

First World War is collapsing

in front of our eyes, and it

includes Israel and

Palestine. So, these are long

regional processes which, I

think, will benefit the

Palestinians in the long run,

and would hopefully create a

decolonized country in the end.

This is the the product of a

very indoctrinated society

from the cradle to the

grave. They can see

dead Palestinian babies and

say good, very good. This

dehumanization is part of the

Israeli DNA and

is very hard to

confront. Just by giving them

more information. It needs to

be a fundamental

reprogramming, so to speak.