In order for Israel to become part of the alliance against whatever we want to call it, religious barbarism, theocratic, possibly thermonuclear theocratic or nuclear theocratic aggression, it cant, itll have to dispense with the occupation. Its as simple as that. It can be, you can think of it as a kind of European style, Western style country if you want, but it cant govern other people against their will. It cant continue to steal their land in the way that it does every day.And its unbelievably irresponsible of Israelis, knowing the position of the United States and its allies are in around the world, to continue to behave in this unconscionable way. And Im afraid I know too much about the history of the conflict to think of Israel as just a tiny, little island surrounded by a sea of ravening wolves and so on. I mean, I know quite a lot about how that state was founded, and the amount of violence and dispossession that involved. And Im a prisoner of that knowledge. I cant un-know it. -Christopher Hitchens huffingtonpost/ali-a-rizvi/picking-a-side-in-israel-palestine_b_5602701.html
Posted on: Wed, 06 Aug 2014 11:46:40 +0000
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