1 and 1 = 2?

let's piece these two items together. in the first case, we militarily fund israel to the tune of 3 billion dollars a year. israel then does things like attack ships that are attempting to bring needed aid to gaza. the aid is needed because israel has been systematically starving and bombing gaza. such behavior is surely an "act of terror" if such a phrase is to have any meaning, but hardly anyone in the u.s says a word. in fact, they do speak, but their words condemn the victims, and praise the victimizers. for what if rockets were being fired on your block? and don't democracies have a right to defend themselves? and yet, many more rockets are being fired on gaza's streets, but no one here affirms the gazans right to "do something." and no one in these parts, or no one in power, mentions that hamas was elected in a democratic election, and therefore, as a democracy, should have a right to defend its territory from the brutal attacks of an occupying power. only those with air forces and american weapons, it seems, have such a right.

now, look at the second item. israel has just gotten through demolishing un buildings in gaza. the u.s has gone along with each and every israeli war crime, affirming israel's actions in senate and house resolutions. the un has tried to keep gazan citizens alive by distributing food to the blockaded and bombed residents of the area. and now, in an example of utter hypocrisy shocking even to me, members of our government accuse them of aiding "terrorists." who among us will laugh out loud? will the big o come out and stronly denounce this nonsense?

perhaps when the cows come home, all will be well.


Report: Israel Fires on, Storms Lebanese Aid Ship

The Al Jazeera news network is reporting Israeli forces have fired on a Lebanese aid ship off the coast of Gaza. Witnesses say Israeli troops then stormed the boat, beat passengers and destroyed communication equipment. The boat is carrying more than sixty tons of desperately needed aid for Gaza. Israel has forcibly denied several aid ships trying to break its blockade of Gaza, almost forcing one to sink last month.
Congressional Measure Targets UN Relief Agency for Gaza

The UN’s humanitarian agency in Gaza is coming under threat from a new congressional measure in the United States. Eight Congress members have co-sponsored House Congressional Resolution 29, which threatens to pull funding for the United Nations Relief Works Agency, or UNRWA. The bill says UNRWA has links to terror groups. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza rely on UNRWA for survival. Israel attacked several UNRWA facilities, including schools and aid depots, during its three-week assault on Gaza. On Wednesday, UNRWA spokesperson Christopher Gunness renewed calls for an independent probe of an Israeli attack on one of the schools.
UNRWA spokesperson Christopher Gunness: “The Israeli army at first said there were militants inside installations. They later had to retract that, and at the same time the IDF and other Israeli spokespeople were saying that there were militants inside our installations. Israeli officials in our coordination meetings were saying they knew very well that there weren’t. So there’s been a flipping and a flopping, and with each flip, with each flop, the credibility of these Israeli spokespeople is hanging in rags. That’s why we say there has to be an impartial investigation to find out what really happened."