Aiding and Abetting War Crimes

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• Reader Comments (3)

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  “You feel like a child playing around with a magnifying glass, burning up ants.” —IDF Soldier

  WTF?!!  How can anyone think like this, just 70 years removed from the Holocaust?  The answer, it seems to me, is that the lack of accountablility for the horrendous crimes committed against the Palestinians all these years has created monsters out of such people. 

  It has been unlimited US support and cover that has created and furthered this mindset, aided and abetted by those who, by word and deed, either cry for “balanced narratives” or oppose meaningful sanctions (like BDS) that might actually give pause to such monsters.

  As this article disturbingly highlights, and the one below by Faris Giacaman entitled “Can we Talk?” makes clear:

  “Any call for a ‘balanced’ discourse on this issue - where the motto ‘there are two sides to every story’ is revered almost religiously—is intellectually and morally dishonest, and ignores the fact that, when it comes to cases of colonialism, apartheid, and oppression, there is no such thing as ‘balance.’ The oppressor society, by and large, will not give up its privileges without pressure.  This is why the BDS campaign is such an important instrument of change.

  For the full article, see:

  http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/08/21-2

  Posted by Imran on Aug 21, 2009 at 5:05 PM

  The actions of the Obama Administration in pressuring Abbas to drop the Palestinian request for UN Security Council endorsement of the Goldstone Commission Report are simply disgraceful.  History has demonstrated that covering for Israeli atrocities is not a receipe for encouraging good behavior, but instead will further contribute to the beastial mindset exhibited in the above-mentioned quote by an Israeli soldier.

  “A culture of impunity in the region has existed for too long,” Goldstone told the UNHCR when presenting his report.  “The lack of accountability for war crimes and possible war crimes against humanity has reached a crisis point.”  The Obama administration and the Democratic leadership in Congress are part of this problem, not part of its solution.  For the full article, see:

  http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/10/08-5

  For those who were waiting for “change we can believe in” by the new administration before supporting grassroots boycotts like BDS, now is the time to join Naomi Klein, Neve Gordon and others in wholeheartedly supporting such boycott efforts.

  Posted by Imran on Oct 8, 2009 at 8:15 PM

  “Shame on the House of Representatives, and on the Democratic leadership of the House, for pushing through a resolution once again blindly taking the side of Israeli aggression.  I’m referring to the vote on Tuesday, by a lopsided 344-to-36 margin, to condemn the Goldstone report on Gaza.”

  This quote is from an excellent article by Matthew Rothschild in the Progressive entitled “House Shames Itself on Goldstone Report.”  For the full article, and the powerful statement of Rep. Dennis Kucinich denouncing the vote on the House Floor, See:

  http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/11/04-13

  And if you think that this was all AIPAC’s doing, it should be noted that the allegedly “pro-peace” J Street SUPPORTED this shameful House resolution.  See:

  http://www.jstreet.org/blog/?p=702

  Here then is more proof that neither the U.S. government, nor the so-called Zionist “left,” will be the ones that take the lead in bringing about a change in Israeli behavior, and that it will take meaningful and aggressive boycott efforts like BDS to do so.

  Posted by Imran on Nov 6, 2009 at 1:35 AM

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