Saifedean Ammous made the case that at its core, it comes down to one thing: property rights
His argument is that Palestinians and non-Jews are systematically denied the right to own land, and have been for 80 years.
In 1945 Jewish ownership was just 5.6% of the land.
Today the Israeli government controls around 93%, leasing it almost exclusively to those eligible under the Right of Return.
He walked me through the Orwellian "present absentee" law, and the Christian village of Iqrit, peaceful, never fired a bullet, whose people were promised return in two weeks and are STILL barred 78 years later
I brought up Rwanda, how President Kagame turned a new page after unspeakable horror.
Saifedean pushed back hard: you cannot turn a new page when one side is still denied the basic right to own property
Where I land is cautious optimism.
The failure to break Iran may have finally cracked Israel's impunity
Grateful for this one. Thank you @saifedean
