I disapprove of Israel's actions in Gaza for three reasons:
- It's disproportionate. Many times more Gazans have been killed in a few days than Israelis killed in a decade.
- It's a humanitarian crisis, and Israel isn't helping themselves: this will radicalise another generation of Palestinians into being committed to resisting Israel, and they know it.
- Israel fails to acknowledge their part in provoking this bloodbath: they have laid siege to Gaza (by proxy, through roadblocks, trade restrictions etc) for decades. Why do people keep fighting Israel? It's not just hatred of Israel or hatred of Jews.
(Image: There ya go! It's not anti-Semitic to criticise Israel.)People forget that Palestine was once an entirely Arab country, with a Jewish minority, and that people were forcibly moved or killed in the process of forming Israel. That doesn't mean I am anti-Israel; overall, it's for the best historically that the Jews get their own homeland to avoid the centuries of persecution they did receive, culminating in the Holocaust; however, punishing the innocent Palestinians by taking most of their land hardly set a good precedent for the aggressive military rulers of Israel. The reality is that the long-term aim of Israel's activity in Palestine is to force the Arabs to leave, by making their life as miserable as possible.
(Image: Ain't no Katyusha could have done this. Dead Hamas Police Officers in Gaza.)Press TV is reporting that traces of depleted uranium have been found by Norwegian medics, in some of the bodies of the wounded in Gaza. It's 'alpha-radiation' is highly dangerous when it is extremely close to human tissue.
Now, bear in mind Press TV is Iranian, and would have motive to report a negative story about Israel. However, since Western media is so anti-Palestine (they refuse to acknowledge Israel's blockade/siege of Gaza, and its part in starting the conflict), I don't trust that DU hasn't been used, just because they aren't reporting it.
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