From the Jerusalem Post
“Indeed, there are a lot of intense emotions in the county right now: on the one hand there is the ever present thought of our fellow soldiers and civilians under fire, and the fear for their, and our, lives. And on the other hand there is the need to fight, to push back the threat, to repel the war machine that has surfaced against us, right next door.
So many of us Israelis are tired of allowing our people to be terrorised, and that is what motivates us to overcome the fear of the here and now, the fear of the loss of our lives today in the hopes of a better tomorrow. We are a nation that takes proclamations and efforts to kill us seriously. And we are tired of the fear.
We have come a long way to have our country, and we are not about to give it up.
We know it is time to destroy threats that we live with daily. And this is a message to Iran.
To Egypt. To Syria. Even to Saudi Arabia. We will survive and we will not be pushed around.” By YISHAI FLEISHER
So many of us Israelis are tired of allowing our people to be terrorised, and that is what motivates us to overcome the fear of the here and now, the fear of the loss of our lives today in the hopes of a better tomorrow. We are a nation that takes proclamations and efforts to kill us seriously. And we are tired of the fear.
We have come a long way to have our country, and we are not about to give it up.
We know it is time to destroy threats that we live with daily. And this is a message to Iran.
To Egypt. To Syria. Even to Saudi Arabia. We will survive and we will not be pushed around.” By YISHAI FLEISHER
The rhetoric that Israel is using to defend its position here is terrifying and misleading. By seeking to draw attention towards the shelling that they are suffering at present they are drawing attention away from the years of abuse that have backed the people of Palestine into such a desperate situation.
For example; Israel claims to have no hold over Gaza since they withdrew in 2005. However, they have sustained the blockade in such a way as to reduce the people who live there to a state a dire poverty. They have also sustained control over essentials such as the water supply.
However, this attempted diversion is typical of Israel’s propaganda machine. For example, when the aid flotilla was stopped by the Israeli military in 2010 the Israel press took steps to deflect attention away from the fact that they had boarded the ship illegally. They stressed the fact that they met with resistance upon boarding in order to justify the killing of nine activists. The fact remains that their action in boarding the vessel contravened international law. The ship was in International Waters and as such was under the authority of the nation whose flag it was flying; in this case Turkey. By stressing that they had met with resistance they were diverting attention from the very fact that they should not have been on board in the first place.
For example; Israel claims to have no hold over Gaza since they withdrew in 2005. However, they have sustained the blockade in such a way as to reduce the people who live there to a state a dire poverty. They have also sustained control over essentials such as the water supply.
However, this attempted diversion is typical of Israel’s propaganda machine. For example, when the aid flotilla was stopped by the Israeli military in 2010 the Israel press took steps to deflect attention away from the fact that they had boarded the ship illegally. They stressed the fact that they met with resistance upon boarding in order to justify the killing of nine activists. The fact remains that their action in boarding the vessel contravened international law. The ship was in International Waters and as such was under the authority of the nation whose flag it was flying; in this case Turkey. By stressing that they had met with resistance they were diverting attention from the very fact that they should not have been on board in the first place.
Gilad Sharon (son of Ariel) has published this op-ed in the Jerusalem Post
http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Op-EdContributors/Article.aspx?ID=292466&R=R1&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Op-EdContributors/Article.aspx?ID=292466&R=R1&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
“A strong opening isn’t enough, you also have to know how to finish – and finish decisively. If it isn’t clear whether the ball crossed the goal-line or not, the goal isn’t decisive. The ball needs to hit the net, visible to all. What does a decisive victory sound like? A Tarzan-like cry that lets the entire jungle know in no uncertain terms just who won, and just who was defeated.
To accomplish this, you need to achieve what the other side can’t bear, can’t live with, and our initial bombing campaign isn’t it.
THE DESIRE (sic) to prevent harm to innocent civilians in Gaza will ultimately lead to harming the truly innocent: the residents of southern Israel. The residents of Gaza are not innocent, they elected Hamas. The Gazans aren’t hostages; they chose this freely, and must live with the consequences.”
To accomplish this, you need to achieve what the other side can’t bear, can’t live with, and our initial bombing campaign isn’t it.
THE DESIRE (sic) to prevent harm to innocent civilians in Gaza will ultimately lead to harming the truly innocent: the residents of southern Israel. The residents of Gaza are not innocent, they elected Hamas. The Gazans aren’t hostages; they chose this freely, and must live with the consequences.”
The level of denial required to publish an article like this terrifies me. Israel cannot claim to be an innocent victim in this scenario when it is their policies and actions, really since 1948, that have bred the situation they are in. You cannot abuse a people as Israel has abused the people of Palestine then claim to be the victim of a unprovoked attack. As I’ve said before, shelling civilians is wrong, but there is more to story than Israel would like us to believe.
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