Michael Tomasky's Horrible Prediction

++In the Daily Beast, Michael Tomasky points out that if Bibi does form the government, expect a certain curious things to happen to the Republicans. He says it won't be overnight but given Sheldon Adelson's bankrolling of GOP candidates and the Christian-Zionist movement, expect the GOP to accept Bibi's "no Palestinian state" as their platform.

++Many have suspected Bibi of not supporting a two state solution. But this has been a pillar of American foreign policy for 25 years starting with George H.W. Bush. Failure to achieve this has resulted in many American strategists saying it is a sore point with the Arab states. But forget about it. We're an empire we create our own reality.

++This will be an inevitable consequence of the Bibi and GOP love affair. It will also ruinously politicized the issue of support for Israel for the future. Tomasky pointed to a resolution that had 25 sponsors in the House that Israel comprised all of Judea and Samaria. It got nowhere last year. But I won't be surprised if it surfaced again.

++For their part,the Palestinians have looked at the Israel election results and are moving ahead on the diplomatic front on the ICC membership. That Israel missed the opportunity to make a deal with Mahmoud Abbas will seem in the future as unforgiveable. 

++With the real security threats posed by non-state actors against Israel,it is curious to note that the Palestinians still hold to the state model as their diplomatic efforts show. Keeping 900,000 under occupation is a recipe for disaster--especially after several false starts toward a negotiated settlement. If the Palestinians abandon their mission toward statehood, the next Intifida will make then others look like child's play.