Israeli Settlements -- Food for Thought Posted by David Shorr

As a general matter, I'm way too smart (or cowardly or prudent or chicken) to say very much publicly on Israel and the Palestinians. The progressive foreign policy wonk community has many genuine Middle East experts to do that, including on this blog.

Speaking of which, a few weeks ago Joel Rubin summarized his trip to Israel and the Herzliya conference with some insightful reflections on Israeli politics. After the past week's sad spectacle, I want to offer just one thought (that'll get the proportion just about right). The more I ruminate over the problem of how to draw forth international cooperation on the world's big problems -- my full-time preoccupation -- the more I recognize the vital interplay between international politics and domestic politics. Obviously the dynamic has always been there, but given powerful current trends of diffusion of power, dilution of authority, and political leaders' limited freedom of action, it's all the more important now.

Which leads me to my question for the day. Thinking of the Israeli settlements, what is the relationship between perceived domestic political constraints and policy imperatives? What do you do when the irresistible force of a necessary foreign policy action meets the immovable object of a domestic constituency? We usually assume the domestic political constraint is the trump card, don't we. That's the nature of democracy, right? Domestic accountability is real; international accountability, not so much. I dunno, but I think we're going to run into this question more and more often. We should probably give it some thought.

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