Israel’s killing machine knows no bounds

Sonja Karkar of Australian Women for Palestine and Australians for Palestine, puts the position of Israel, and its actions, both succinctly and perfectly correctly:

"How Israelis will be able to lift their heads after the shocking crimes its government has committed in their name is incomprehensible. We know there are many anguished Israelis who did not support their government’s decision, but regrettably they too will be tarred with the same brush that has already irreparably stained Israel’s moral standing for posterity. And for what? A Greater Israel cleansed of the people whose land it actually is? What delusional victory can Israel claim in such a woefully unequal fight? What kind of co-existence is possible after such savagery? And that is the crux of it all – with its indiscriminate, merciless bombardment of an already decimated civilian population, Israel has put paid to the possibility of any kind of forgiving, trustworthy and peaceful co-existence with Palestinians in this generation’s life-time. If you think such a claim is exaggerated, then read the following account of how a Palestinian doctor who worked for co-existence with Israel watched his three daughters killed in an instant and howled wretchedly into the phone of an Israeli newscaster for whom he had given frequent interviews before. That interview has been broadcast around the world. There is no accounting for the arrogance of Israel’s power and the barbarity with which it is executed against those who have been deliberately marked for extinction. And not too
soon, Israel will find itself shunned like other pariah states that have committed some of the most shocking crimes against humanity. All due, I might add, to its own making."

The piece she refers to is the LA Times article "Oh my God, my daughters have been killed" posted here yesterday.

Comments

Reading the Chilcot Inquiry Report more closely

Most commentary on the Chilcot Inquiry Report of and associated with the Iraq War, has been "lifted" from the Executive Summary. The Intercept has actually gone and dug into the Report, with these revelations : "THE CHILCOT REPORT, the U.K.’s official inquiry into its participation in the Iraq War, has finally been released after seven years of investigation. Its executive summary certainly makes former Prime Minister Tony Blair, who led the British push for war, look terrible. According to the report, Blair made statements about Iraq’s nonexistent chemical, biological, and nuclear programs based on “what Mr. Blair believed” rather than the intelligence he had been given. The U.K. went to war despite the fact that “diplomatic options had not been exhausted.” Blair was warned by British intelligence that terrorism would “increase in the event of war, reflecting intensified anti-US/anti-Western sentiment in the Muslim world, including among Muslim communities in the

Robert Fisk's predictions for the Middle East in 2013

There is no gain-saying that Robert Fisk, fiercely independent and feisty to boot, is the veteran journalist and author covering the Middle East. Who doesn't he know or hasn't he met over the years in reporting from Beirut - where he lives? In his latest op-ed piece for The Independent he lays out his predictions for the Middle East for 2013. Read the piece in full, here - well worthwhile - but an extract... "Never make predictions in the Middle East. My crystal ball broke long ago. But predicting the region has an honourable pedigree. “An Arab movement, newly-risen, is looming in the distance,” a French traveller to the Gulf and Baghdad wrote in 1883, “and a race hitherto downtrodden will presently claim its due place in the destinies of Islam.” A year earlier, a British diplomat in Jeddah confided that “it is within my knowledge... that the idea of freedom does at present agitate some minds even in Mecca...” So let’s say this for 2013: the “Arab Awakening” (the t

An unpalatable truth!

Quinoa has for the last years been the "new" food on the block for foodies. Known for its health properties, foodies the world over have taken to it. Many restaurants have added it to their menu. But, as this piece " Can vegans stomach the unpalatable truth about quinoa? " from The Guardian so clearly details, the cost to Bolivians and Peruvians - from where quinoa hails - has been substantial. "Not long ago, quinoa was just an obscure Peruvian grain you could only buy in wholefood shops. We struggled to pronounce it (it's keen-wa, not qui-no-a), yet it was feted by food lovers as a novel addition to the familiar ranks of couscous and rice. Dieticians clucked over quinoa approvingly because it ticked the low-fat box and fitted in with government healthy eating advice to "base your meals on starchy foods". Adventurous eaters liked its slightly bitter taste and the little white curls that formed around the grains. Vegans embraced quinoa as

Mahler's Prodigal Son

Search This Blog