Hamas is regularly described as 'Iranian-backed Hamas, which is dedicated to the destruction of Israel.' One will be hard put to find something like 'democratically elected Hamas, which has long been calling for a two-state settlement in accord with the international consensus'—blocked for over 30 years by the US and Israel. All true, but not a useful contribution to the Party Line, hence dispensable.
Noam ChomskyTags: democracy united-states dissent terrorism israel consensus iran 2009 israeli-palestinian-conflict hamas israel-united-states-relations gaza-war
The new crimes that the US and Israel were committing in Gaza as 2009 opened do not fit easily into any standard category—except for the category of familiarity.
Noam ChomskyTags: united-states israel 2009 war-crimes israeli-palestinian-conflict israel-united-states-relations gaza-war gaza-strip
Goldstone has done terrible damage to the cause of truth and justice and the rule of law. He has poisoned Jewish-Palestinian relations, undermined the courageous work of Israeli dissenters and—most unforgivably—increased the risk of another merciless IDF assault.
Norman G. FinkelsteinTags: truth justice dissent law jews human-rights israel palestine palestinians israeli-palestinian-conflict gaza-war arab-israeli-conflict goldstone-commission israel-defense-forces richard-goldstone
The little boats cannot make much difference to the welfare of Gaza either way, since the materials being shipped are in such negligible quantity. The chief significance of the enterprise is therefore symbolic. And the symbolism, when examined even cursorily, doesn't seem too adorable. The intended beneficiary of the stunt is a ruling group with close ties to two of the most retrograde dictatorships in the Middle East, each of which has recently been up to its elbows in the blood of its own civilians. The same group also manages to maintain warm relations with, or at the very least to make cordial remarks about, both Hezbollah and al-Qaida. Meanwhile, a document that was once accurately described as a 'warrant for genocide' forms part of the declared political platform of the aforesaid group. There is something about this that fails to pass a smell test.
Christopher HitchensTags: politics activism antisemitism dictatorship symbolism genocide human-rights israel palestine hezbollah middle-east israeli-palestinian-conflict hamas gaza gaza-war al-qaeda freedom-flotilla-ii protocols-of-the-elders-of-zion
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