Christopher Hedges is an American liberal socialist activist. He is also a Pulitzer-prize winning journalist. Following is an excerpt from his speech at a rally for Palestine in NYC: Why does God weep in the Promised Land? God weeps because families huddled in terror in their homes are dismembered and killed by Israeli bombs. God weeps because mothers howl in grief over the bodies of their children in UN schools hit by Israeli shells. God weeps because the old and disabled, who could not flee the deadly Israeli advance, died helpless and afraid. God weeps because the powerful here and in Israel lie and assemble to justify murder and God weeps for all those who stand by and do nothing. God weeps because the assault on Gaza is not about Israels right to self-defense or about removing Hamas from power. It is not about achieving peace. God weeps because the assault on Gaza is about the decades-long campaign to destroy and ethnically cleanse the Palestinian people from their land.
Posted on: Wed, 24 Sep 2014 05:10:59 +0000
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