That community must naturally conclude that “Israel ain’t a very good idea,” he said, because it can never live in peace in the Middle East. Anyone not actively working for such a resolution is against Israel, because the conflict is killing us.Īt the conference, Daniel Levy of New America expressed quite beautifully why believing in and striving for a peaceful resolution among two equal partners is the positive, life-affirming approach to Israel: “We are the real community of people who believe in Israel’s existence in the Middle East.” The other community believes that Israel’s critics hate Israel’s existence, not just its policies (“they hate us not for what we do, but for who we are”). People who support those developments are “Pro-Israel.” Do not confuse the new “pro-Israel” with the old, dead meaning of “pro-Israel” (see #1).
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The new meaning of the term “ pro-Israel” is: active support for a mutually acceptable resolution to the Israeli/Palestinian conflict (I personally prefer the two-state solution), and the creation of a sovereign Palestinian state within the 1967 borders – not to mention strengthening democracy and full equality of all citizens inside of Israel.
Whatever the Netanyahu government says about wanting peace and accepting a Palestinian state is doublespeak – all it has done is entrench the occupation.Ģ. Today, support for current Israeli government policies is mistakenly described as “ pro-Israel.” Such support is hereby renamed “ Pro-occupation,” the only accurate, factual description. The J Street conference was at its best when new terms and ideas arose, or when speakers exposed the vacuity of the old ones.īelow are a few suggestions, beginning with big concepts and moving to specific policies – some are mine, some were inspired by the conference. When old Middle East terminology is increasingly removed from reality, when it distracts or deceives the audience, that’s called doublespeak. As a result, “ peace process” now equals “ status quo,” and this needs to be said until it’s clear to all. The two-state solution is still alive and urgent, but the negotiations are dead (they have not “stalled” as the media likes to say). Take one example: “the peace process.” At the conference, the columnist Roger Cohen said: “When I hear that word ‘process,’ I just die somewhere inside.” He’s right. You can’t take aim at the future with a cartridge full of blanks. We need an arsenal of new ideas empty rhetoric is a liability that must be exposed. Old policies have become slogans, drained of meaning by failure. Meanwhile, the Middle East is undergoing enormous changes with every new minute. At times, participants seemed to be discussing the same old problems, wondering why the same old solutions haven’t worked, while talking about them in the same old terms. The watch comes with its original box and buckle from a well-regarded retailer.įind this 533 here from Menta Watches for listed as POA.There was something slightly frustrating about the J Street conference.
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It comes with an extract of archive confirming a 1947 production. Let’s have a standing applause for Patek’s craftsmanship and restrained design. The grace which with this has aged is truly remarkable. Its case is strong and the same can be said of its dial. The example shown today presents very well. A few were fitted with pulsations scales, but most with the tachymeter scale shown here. The cases were made by Vichet and the dials by Stern Frères.
The watch utilized a modified calatrava case with extended lugs. Most were produced in rose gold, with a literal handful-worth in other metals. The 533 differs from the reference 130 in a flat rather than convcave bezel. It is as attractive and as rare as true haute vintage comes. Only 150 reference 533s are known to exist by Patek. One such example is this: the 533, one of Patek’s very first chronographs manufactured at scale. Patek Philippe, Vacheron Constantin, and Audemars Piguet made extremely refined chronographs in the period where they were just proliferating. Not every movement was intended to be a tool. There was, however, a more celebrated side to watchmaking that continued through hardship. When one thinks 1940s wristwatches, dedicated big pilots, telemetre scales, and Compaxes race to mind.
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