On Gaza, Genocide, And Impunity

[Purveyor]

"Our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians" - Nelson Mandela.

Last updated: 27 Jul 2014 16:4

In recent weeks, Israel has unleashed what amounts to the worst one-sided barbarism against one of the world's most densely populated areas - Gaza. In the process, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has pulled back the curtain to proudly show the world how, under his leadership, Israel has defeated North Korea for the rogue state par excellence award.

How else could one describe a state that is officially sustained by a belligerent apartheid system; a state that occupies the land of another and systematically carries out ethnic-cleansing; and a state that relentlessly demonstrates a rejectionist attitude toward UN resolutions, international law and institutions?

In its latest campaign of brazen aggression, Israel has caused colossal destruction of lives, homes and critical infrastructure.

The official Israeli line, often parroted by key international media groups, is that Israel had to carry out this brutal massacre as "self-defence" since three teenage settlers were kidnapped and killed by Hamas - a charge that the latter categorically denied.

Since then, it has emerged that Israel knew that Hamas was not responsible for the death of the three Israelis. Clearly Netanyahu's government had concocted a plan to create an emotionally charged atmosphere at home and abroad to smooth the way for an attack on Gaza.

more...

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2014/07/gaza-genocide-impunity-2014726165648879608.html

[oberliner]

1. Mandela Quote

"We insist on the right of the state of Israel to exist within secure borders..." - Nelson Mandela

Hopefully each of the sentiments expressed in those quotes will come to fruition soon.

As for the article itself, the first paragraph, where the author compares the government of Israel unfavorably to that of North Korea, gives you a good sense of its ridiculousness.

[COLGATE4]

2. K&R