The US or the EU have very few levers over the Netanyahu administration. There is, however, one way to scare the bejezus (sic!) out of that crowd. Emigration: specifically of the Ashkenazi elite that assures Israeli economic power. The Germans can weep a poisoned crocodile tear, and freely accept descendants of German and Polish Jews. Tel Aviv on the Ruhr! The US could do much the same thing on a smaller scale, with H1B visas.
The problem, of course, is that no "Western" country views Israel as anything worse than a minor embarrassment. An aggressive policy toward Israel is not worth the domestic hassle.
Quite so, although you forgot the Russian Israelis, who are just as unmanageable as the beards. But that's what threats are for. If there's nothing but upside to a move, you don't threaten it--you just do it. Threats are best when there is more downside to your opponent (Bibi) than yourself.
Well done
See also *Embracing Israel/Palestine* by Michael Lerner (2011) https://www.tikkun.org/eip/
The US or the EU have very few levers over the Netanyahu administration. There is, however, one way to scare the bejezus (sic!) out of that crowd. Emigration: specifically of the Ashkenazi elite that assures Israeli economic power. The Germans can weep a poisoned crocodile tear, and freely accept descendants of German and Polish Jews. Tel Aviv on the Ruhr! The US could do much the same thing on a smaller scale, with H1B visas.
The problem, of course, is that no "Western" country views Israel as anything worse than a minor embarrassment. An aggressive policy toward Israel is not worth the domestic hassle.
A problem there is the possibility that as the country becomes more Sephardim/Mizrahim, it becomes even more unmanageable.
Quite so, although you forgot the Russian Israelis, who are just as unmanageable as the beards. But that's what threats are for. If there's nothing but upside to a move, you don't threaten it--you just do it. Threats are best when there is more downside to your opponent (Bibi) than yourself.