Wednesday, December 6, 2:00 PM EDT

On this week’s Coffee and a Column, Jim Zogby discusses this week’s column in which he proposes that if the Biden administration were truly committed to ending Israel’s war on Gaza and establishing a just peace they should start by saying “No” to Israel and “Yes” to Palestine. 

…Just two words would reverse this downward spiral. The first is “No.” Instead of oblique reminders of the “rules of war,” or asking the Israelis to please limit civilian casualties, settlement expansion, or settler violence, the president should just say “No.” No more offensive military equipment or US support in international fora without a permanent cease fire, firm action to disarm violent settlers, and an end to all settlement expansion.

If we were serious about a path forward to the conflict’s peaceful resolution, we need to perform dramatic surgery to remove the cancer continuing to provoke violence and create radicalization on all sides. We would have to say “No” to the continued occupation.

To facilitate this, the US would have to change its “No” at the United Nations to a “Yes” and support a Security Council resolution recognizing Palestine as a state, declaring its continued occupation as a threat to regional peace and security, and ordering an empowered UN peacekeeping force to the occupied territories to provide peace and security for both Israelis and Palestinians…

Read the full column here: The US Needs to Say "No" to Israel and "Yes" to Palestine

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