There is a lot of talk since Israel’s recent strike on Gaza about Israels withdrawl from Gaza in 2005 but what is forgotten, or at least not discussed when assigning blame or framing victimhood is Israels never ending economic siege on Palestinians. Granted, borders may have changed but this change is merely cosmetic in the shadow of the stranglehold Israel retains and tightens on the lives of every day Palestinians for one reason or another.
Providing land is a metaphor for economic, social and personal prosperity. In and of itself land does not accomplish anything if it is inaccessible for development and agriculture. This ovation was yet another disingenuous whitewash by Israel to masquerade the banner of “good faith” to world while simultaneously choking off access to food, water, electricity, supplies and adequate health care.
Do Israeli’s forget the ghetto’s of Warsaw that were created for them or is their memory only focused on the wholesale slaughter of Jews? Were the open air prisons and ghetto’s not a crime in and of themselves? Didn’t Hitler consider Jews to be a conspiratorial threat much like Israel considers anyone that threatens Israels security?
Barack Obama declared “If somebody was sending rockets into my house where my two daughters sleep at night, I’m going to do everything in my power to stop that. And I would expect Israelis to do the same thing.”
Really? Is that all you’ve got Mr. Obama? Is that the depth of your understanding of the situation?
What if someone was denying your child access to food, water or health care? What if your democratically elected government were under constant military and economic siege by outside forces that only held their own interests at heart.. would you do nothing? Would YOU have the right to defend yourself Mr. Obama?
Are only the powerful permitted the right of self defense?
The situation is maddening and Obama’s selection of Hillary Clinton appears to promise more of the same.
