Gaza in the Crosshairs

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• Reader Comments (5)

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  A remarkably thoughtful and courageous article about realities on the ground.  This article is a refreshing change from the usual platitudes and cliches used by the mainstream US media to support the occupation, and just about any crime committed in furtherance of it.  The Gaza blunder, just the latest of many (Israel’s misadventure in Lebanon 2006 being the most recent), seems to be triggering a change, albeit slight, in our coverage of the Middle East crisis.  See

  http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/01/14-7

  It is worth reiterating that pressure from the US on Israel to find a just solution (rather than a dictated one), would actually make Israel safer than our current policy of blindly supporting any and all Israeli attrocities. 

  Imran

  Posted by Imran on Jan 15, 2009 at 8:40 PM

  Excellent article, but does Gordon have any realistic expectation that Obama will put pressure on Israel? His appointments so far - Rahm Israel Emmanual, (coming soon) Dennis Ross - say no.  And Congress continues to be Israeli-occupied territory.

  Posted by Nevada_Ned on Jan 16, 2009 at 6:37 AM

  Nevada Ned,

  Your observation about the people who surround Obama is absolutely correct.  These appointments were viewed with more than a little apprehension by those who want Obama’s “change” to encompass our Middle East policy as well.

  On the other hand, I can only view with hope Israel’s decision to unilaterally withdraw from Gaza, on the DAY before Obama’s innauguration.  It appears Israel is concerned, at a minimum, that US cover to engage in such attrocities might not be as unwavering or as unconditional under an Obama administration. 

  And while it is true that Congress remains, in your words “Israeli-Occupied” Territory, it is my hope that stories like this one will change the narrative about the Middle East conflict enough, such that the most vociferous Congressional defenders of Israeli attrocities will be accurately viewed as lawmakers who actually harm Israeli security, rather than promote it.

  Along those lines, just days after this article was posted on this website, I saw yet another article that I never dreamed of seeing even a year ago.  I attach the link below:

  http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jan/19/gaza-middleeast

  The audacity of hope?

  Imran

  Posted by Imran on Jan 19, 2009 at 7:33 PM

  Here is yet another article detailing the war crimes committed by Israel in Gaza, as well as the total failure to accomplish any of its stated goals.  See:

  http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/01/20-7

  The moral depravity of this Gaza seige seems to have finally shaken the conscience of even the US media.

  Imran

  Posted by Imran on Jan 20, 2009 at 10:21 PM

  And finally, the Gaza debacle, from someone who served in the IDF when it was initially formed,

  http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/02/02-9

  A black flag, indeed.

  Imran

  Posted by Imran on Feb 2, 2009 at 7:06 PM

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