Category: Foreign Policy

Our very own version of Somalia

Reaping what we have sown in Gaza By Amira Hass, Jul. 21, 2014 5:42 AM   I’ve already raised the white flag. I’ve stopped searching the dictionary for the word to describe half of a boy’s missing head while his father screams “Wake up, wake up, I bought you a toy!” How did Angela Merkel, …

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The problem at its core

The heart of the problem with Israel: The mass expulsion of the Palestinian people By Donna Nevel, July 19, 2014   As Israeli government violence against the Palestinians in Gaza intensifies (the latest news being an aggressive ground invasion), I saw a discussion on-line about whether Israel has become more brutal or the brutality has …

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Complicity with aggression and oppression

Israel-Gaza conflict: Medical charity official likens job to ‘patching up torture victims in an open-air prison’ By Robert Fisk, Thursday 17 July 2014   In an unprecedented criticism of the Israeli siege of Gaza, a senior official in the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) humanitarian charity has described his organisation’s work among the 1.8 million besieged …

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It’s about land

The true Gaza back-story that the Israelis aren’t telling this week By Robert Fisk, Wednesday 9 July 2014   OK, so by this afternoon, the exchange rate of death in two days was 40-0 in favour of Israel. But now for the Gaza story you won’t be hearing from anyone else in the next few …

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One law for Jews and another for Arabs

Our wretched Jewish state By Gideon Levy, Jul. 6, 2014 5:34 AM   The youths of the Jewish state are attacking Palestinians in the streets of Jerusalem, just like gentile youths used to attack Jews in the streets of Europe. The Israelis of the Jewish state are rampaging on social networks, displaying hatred and a …

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The historical association was automatic

Berlin, 1933 and Jerusalem, 2014: When racist thugs are on the prowl By Chemi Shalev, Jul. 2, 2014 8:10 PM   On March 9, 1933, brown-shirted Sturmabteilung went on a rampage. “In several parts of Berlin a large number of people, most of whom appeared to be Jews, were openly attacked in the streets and …

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And land unthieved

Israeli teenagers’ funeral: It is obscene when either side kills children – not only Palestinians By Robert Fisk, Tuesday 1 July 2014   Three Israeli teenagers killed by Palestinians. Vicious, cruel, unforgivable. True. At least 37 Lebanese children killed by Israel. Regrettable, unfortunate, but the ultimate fault of “terrorists”. Untrue. The slaughter of the children …

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