A protracted colonial war
Bob Morris @ Jul 20th 2006 08:46 - Category: Uncategorized Tags: Lebanon, Palestine;
Tariq Ali writing in The Guardian
In his last interview - after the 1967 six-day war - the historian Isaac Deutscher, whose next-of-kin had died in the Nazi camps and whose surviving relations lived in Israel, said: “To justify or condone Israel’s wars against the Arabs is to render Israel a very bad service indeed and harm its own long-term interest.” Comparing Israel to Prussia, he issued a sombre warning: “The Germans have summed up their own experience in the bitter phrase ‘Man kann sich totseigen!’ You can triumph yourself to death’.”
There are 9,000 Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli gulags. That is why Israeli soldiers are captured. Prisoner exchanges have occurred as a result. To blame Syria and Iran for Israel’s latest offensive is frivolous. Until the question of Palestine is resolved and Iraq’s occupation ended, there will be no peace in the region. A “UN” force to deter Hizbullah, but not Israel, is a nonsensical notion.
Tip to Life of Riley
protest, Israeli consulate, LA, 7/19/06
protest, Israeli consulate, LA, 7/19/06
