israel attacked gaza today, killing upwards of 200 people. they do this with weapons purchased from the u.s. the american response to this carnage? government officials urged hamas to not fire rockets into israel! how long will the people of the world allow this one sided carnage to continue? we can not excuse the murder of palestinians by pointing out the horrors of early 20th century european anti-semitism. such responses are nonsense. israel collectively punishes masses of people in the occupied territories, and also discriminates against the arab minority within its borders. this current bombing attack is yet another heinous war crime which will likely be excused by the mainstream media and our corporate politicians as a regrettable but justified response to the "brutality" of hamas. the fact is, the brutal actor in this struggle is the state of israel, a country with a powerful military, nuclear weapons, and carte blanche from the united states to do whatever it sees fit. for the moment, it sees fit to commit war crimes against the people of gaza by dropping bombs, by refusing entry to human rights activists like richard falk, and by denying food and medicine to the impoverished gazan people. the political power structure in israel and their lackeys in the states would have you believe that such utterances are proof of my being a self hating jew. they call opposition to their policies anti-semitic propaganda, or one sided, but they always fail to deal with the arguments, which are richly documented and impossible to refute. the fact is, israel is currently practicing state terrorism, which is much more deadly than anything hamas can do. it is israel and its leaders that share the lion share of the blame for what is currently happening. israel's military and political leaders should be arrested and tried for war crimes for what they are doing to the people of gaza.
as we watch basketball games and go to parties and exchange christmas gifts and read books and listen to our ipods. perhaps we think if we do this long enough, that reality, and all of its horrors, will simply go away. unfortunately, that hasn't worked yet.
so yes, another war crime is upon us. as usual, the propaganda machine will state that it is the people being killed who are really at fault. the people committing acts of terror will defend their actions by saying that they are fighting terror. more muslims and arabs will be killed and terrorized, as the western media continues to pound into our heads that it is the muslims who are the terrorists. israeli bombs will kill hundreds, while hamas rockets kill a few, but they will tell us that hamas is the aggressor. they will tell us that america wants peace in the middle east, as we fund israel, and bomb iraq. scholars will debate if there is something inherently brutal and violent in the religion of islam, as murderers who consider themselves christians and jews will not see their religions analyzed in such a manner.
welcome to the terrordome, where we all have a front row seat, and beer is only $8 bucks a glass.
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