“Easy to understand, historically
accurate mini- primer about why
Israelis and Palestinians are fighting,
how the US-backed process has been
an impediment to peace,
and what you can do
to make a difference.”
The Middle East
To personalize this for a moment, imagine a bully sitting on a smaller child, and every time someone objects to the fact that the bully is beating the smaller child with an iron rod, the bully exclaims, “Well, he tried to slap me, so I was forced to defend myself.” No, you can’t claim that you’re beating the smaller child with an iron rod in self-defense, especially when you can end the entire confrontation simply by getting off him.
Back to the political reality, Norman Finkelstein put it best: “The refrain that Israel has the right to self-defense is a red herring: the real question is, does Israel have the right to use force to maintain an illegal occupation? The answer is no.”
Palestine | News and Headlines –
“Blockading Gaza is illegal. Doing so is an act of war.
It’s a crime against humanity.
Israel remains unaccountable.”
https://thewordsmithcollection.wordpress.com/
2014/07/30/debunking-the-myths-about-gaza/
More than 500 children murdered
in 50 days. For What?
After 50 days of the Gaza conflict,
more than 2,100 people were killed,
most of them civilians, including
about 500 children.
Boycott, Divest, and Sanction Israel: End the Killing
https://thewordsmithcollection.wordpress.com/2014/08/01/
end-killings-and-obey-the-rule-of-law/
“As a new round of violence kicks off in Israel-Palestine
and more children are killed, it’s time to take definitive
non-violent action to end this nightmare.”
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