Israel’s behavior is the burr under the saddle of the whole Middle East. Osama Bin Laden was empowered because Israel is arrogant, entitled, abusive, selfish and controlling, and plays the victim at every turn. I surmise there would have been no 9/11 if Israel had not behaved so badly.
Israel’s supporters suggest peaceful co-existence between the Israelis and Palestinians. They worry that Israel will be demonized and boycotts will delegitimize the “Jewish state.” That’s it in a nutshell. The leaders of Israel believe that God gave them the land, so they can make a Jewish-only state and that the Palestinians just have to accept it. They pretend to be noble, professing desire for peace. It is like putting someone in chains, killing their children, and saying “let’s have peace, why can’t you agree, you are a terrorist?” Meanwhile, the more trouble there is in the Middle East, the more Israel can conduct land grabs under a smoke screen and continue-- and ramp up --their brutal suppression of the Palestinians. When the UN tries to hold them accountable for their conduct, Israel reacts with narcissistic acts of control, with no concern for the humanity of the Palestinians, who they view as not being ‘chosen’ to live in the promised land.
So let’s support the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BSD) movement. This method worked in South Africa to help end apartheid. I have a dream that in a few years there will be courts of repatriation where Palestinian families will get their farms and houses and shops back, and Israel will pay them for their losses, and mourn for the dead. Then, maybe, the words ‘never forget’ will mean something to the world.
Israel’s behavior is the burr under the saddle of the whole Middle East. Osama Bin Laden was empowered because Israel is arrogant, entitled, abusive, selfish and controlling, and plays the victim at every turn. I surmise there would have been no 9/11 if Israel had not behaved so badly.
Israel’s supporters suggest peaceful co-existence between the Israelis and Palestinians. They worry that Israel will be demonized and boycotts will delegitimize the “Jewish state.” That’s it in a nutshell. The leaders of Israel believe that God gave them the land, so they can make a Jewish-only state and that the Palestinians just have to accept it. They pretend to be noble, professing desire for peace. It is like putting someone in chains, killing their children, and saying “let’s have peace, why can’t you agree, you are a terrorist?” Meanwhile, the more trouble there is in the Middle East, the more Israel can conduct land grabs under a smoke screen and continue-- and ramp up --their brutal suppression of the Palestinians. When the UN tries to hold them accountable for their conduct, Israel reacts with narcissistic acts of control, with no concern for the humanity of the Palestinians, who they view as not being ‘chosen’ to live in the promised land.
So let’s support the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BSD) movement. This method worked in South Africa to help end apartheid. I have a dream that in a few years there will be courts of repatriation where Palestinian families will get their farms and houses and shops back, and Israel will pay them for their losses, and mourn for the dead. Then, maybe, the words ‘never forget’ will mean something to the world.