One State Solution

Watched the documentary film Israelism last night and in the discussion with one of the filmakers following, he suggested America's treatment of the indigenous peoples could serve as an analogy with Israel / Palestine. Those who advocate a secular one state solution ( the South Africa model) would then have to consider one state being shared here in the U.S., rather than our system of semi-autonomous Indian Nations. This gives a new meaning to the Land Back movement. It is not clear which borders those calling for a two-state solution wish to see: 67? 48? If taking land through military conquest is "stealing" you open a real can of worms. If "free Palestine" refers to the 48 Mandate borders, if that is the "stolen" land referred to, then the U.S. should return the whole continent to the indigenous peoples. Other nations should have to return the land taken, though it is unclear how far back such claims might go. On the way in to see the film we listened to an interview with Iyad el Bahgdadi in which he called for one secular democratic state along the lines of South Africa. Of course, Capital wasn't mentioned so It could only be "democracy" with constraints and limits. We could look to Ireland as an example of conflict fueled by religious fanaticism and historical trauma that has resolved but while there are parallels, the analogy is not perfect. None are. The "Israelism" which has infected the U.S. is currently being challenged by a mostly younger cohort but do not expect quick results in terms of a just settlement. Not mentioned in the film are the evangelical Christians who support Zionism. And then there is the whole dismissal of "social justice" by conservatives as a commie plot.