Sunday, March 23, 2008

"...Israel has a carte blanche to kill, destroy and settle..."

Good opinion by Gideon Levy in Haaretz, here
"....The amount of support being shown for Israel these days is almost embarrassing .... If you haven't been here, you're nowhere.....The stance of the European leaders is particularly perplexing. We're not speaking about the U.S., with its Jewish and Christian lobbies, but rather opinionated Europe; it, too, has lost its ability to act as an honest broker, the type that wields its influence to bring an end to the conflict that endangers it, too......
.....not genuine is the idea that blind, unconditional friendship is friendship. The support for Israel as a just enterprise that is extended by most of the West does not mean accepting all of its caprices. A true friend of Israel, one that is sincerely concerned for its fate, is only that friend who dares to express sharp criticism of its policy of occupation, which poses the most serious risk to its future....."

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

The "occupation" is the result of the murderous Arab fantasy that they will wipe out Israel.

The West Bank was conquered when Jordan simply could not resist attacking Israel in 1967. Had they sat out the war, there would be no occupation. But, it's impossible for the Arab when he smells blood.

How to end the "occupation"? Agree that the "refugees" will return to the future PLO State, not to Israel proper. The PLO and Hamas agree that there will be two distinct States with Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

Occupation finished

emanuel appel

Anonymous said...

How to end the "occupation"?

Well, have the occupiers leave and return to prosperous Europe.