Ravaging Gaza: The War Netanyahu Cannot Possibly Win | Ramzy Baroud

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Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust

July 16, 2014

When the bodies of three Israeli settlers -- Aftali Frenkel and Gilad Shaar, both 16, and Eyal Yifrach, 19 -- were found June 30 near Hebron in the southern West Bank, Israel went into a state of mourning and a wave of sympathy flowed in from around the world.

The three had disappeared 18 days earlier in circumstances that remain unclear.

The entire episode, particularly after its grim ending, seemed to traumatize Israelis into ignoring harsh truths about the settlers and the militarization of their society. Amid a portrayal of the three as hapless youths, although one was a 19-year-old soldier, commentators have failed to provide badly needed context to the events. Few, if any, assigned the blame where it was most deserved --on expansionist policies which have sown hatred and bloodshed.

Before the discovery of the bodies, the real face of Netanyahu’s notoriously right-wing government was well-known. Few held Illusions about how “peaceful” an occupation could be if run by figures such as Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, Economy Minister Naftali Bennett, and Deputy Defence Minister Danny Danon. But because “children” -- the term used by Netanyahu himself -- were involved, even critics didn’t expect an exercise in political point-scoring.

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1. Netanyahu wins-short term-politically inside Israel.

The Israelis love their military pummeling the Palestinians.

Other than that, everyone loses. It is just another repeat of the vicious cycle.

Hopefully it will speed up the worldwide boycott effort against Israel.

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2. thanks. love Ramzy Baroud. nt