Surely it must be time for the USA to send in troops to remove the rogue
government of Israel and substitute a civilised and humane regime?
I suppose if Abu Hamza said that, it would be portrayed as support for
our country's enemies. But the government of Israel has again showed
itself to be both stupid (because its actions cannot possibly bring
about a peaceful resolution of the dispute) and barbaric (killing
unarmed civilians as a way of trying to regain control).
This piece is well worth a read, as an antidote to the misinformation
put out by the Israeli embassy and Melanie Phillips.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/nov/18/we-in-gaza-right-to-defend?INTCMP=SRCH
The latest Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip has prompted several
European countries and the US to reaffirm their position of unwavering
support for the aggressor. William Hague, Britain's foreign secretary,
Cathy Ashton, the EU high representative for foreign affairs, and Barack
Obama, have all claimed that Hamas's rockets were responsible for the
crisis and that it is the right of Israel to defend its citizens. Had
they checked the facts, they would have realised Israel started the
attacks. The escalation started when an Israeli military incursion into
Gaza on 8 November killed a Palestinian child. That was followed by
other Israeli incursions and attacks, provoking a response by
Palestinian factions.
Despite that, there were serious efforts to calm the situation and reach
a truce. But clearly Israel had another agenda. By targeting Ahmed
al-Jabari, leader of the al-Qassam Brigade, it sabotaged Egyptian
efforts to conclude a truce between all Palestinian factions and the
Israelis. This was confirmed by Egypt's president on Saturday.
With the approach of the Israeli elections, the Israeli prime minister,
Binyamin Netanyahu, wanted to trade with the blood of the Palestinians,
especially after his alliance with the ultra-extremist Avigdor Lieberman
failed to boost his popularity in the polls as he'd expected. This is
not the first time the Israelis have launched a war for electoral gain.
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The human rights that Europe claims to defend all over the world are
denied to the Palestinian people. European governments have done nothing
while 1.7 million Gazans have been subjected for the past five years to
an Israeli blockade – denying them food, water, medicine and even
determining how many calories they should be allowed each day.
The right of people to resist occupation and confront aggression is
guaranteed to all peoples; but if Palestinians seek to exercise this
right it immediately becomes terrorism and for this they must be persecuted.
The Israeli military attacks on Gaza did not stop after the last Gaza
war. Since 2009, 271 Palestinians have been killed, compared to three
Israeli deaths. In the last few days more than 700 Palestinians have
been killed or injured – more than half of them women or children.
Yesterday 12 people from same family were massacred.