@Alon @asayeed @BenRossTransit naturalization of Palestinians where they live is a universal position among Jewish Israelis. except, of course, for the Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank. it is regarding those populations that differences emerge.

@Alon @asayeed @BenRossTransit It's hard to distinguish between what is cynical and what is structural with respect to Iran's behavior. You may be right that, under some future hypothetical settlement, their inclination would become Westphalian. or perhaps they are pan-Islamist, and would have a Tehran based new metropole for that. (obviously, very longstanding intra-Islam sectarian distinctions complicate that.) for now, they are profoundly an anti-Westphalian force.

@Alon @asayeed @BenRossTransit Western Islamophobia, Wester ethnic identities, lots of Western strands are anti-Westphalian. the state system lives or dies only because states manage and monitor evershifting allegiances and constantly emerging currents to maintain national identities "artificially" coterminous with state boundaries as primary.