Jesus would cringe. Israels Historical Abuse Still Being Hushed By John Hilley July 18, 2014 ICH - As the ground invasion and wicked attack on Gaza intensifies, including the wilful massacre of four small boys - a fifth died later - on Gazas beach, Alexei Sayle offers this most fitting analogy: Israel is the Jimmy Savile of nation states. The Zionist mindset conceals its own deep psychosis. But much else in Israels disturbing development has come from learned behaviour. America, Israels principal parent, has spoiled, protected and indulged this occupying, apartheid state now for over six decades, from defending its multiple violations at the UN, to its Congress handing over an unconditional $3billion a year allowance, while Israel struts around like a bragging coward killing, abusing and terrifying the neighbourhood. Britain, likewise, has played the complicit role of silent, coddling mother, occasionally chiding the Israeli bad boy, but never willing to raise the alarm over its monster progeny. No worried we need to talk about Israel realisation here. Israel has grown to watch and copy the rapacious parents, invading, occupying and mass-murdering for selfish, imperialist gain all across the globe. Little wonder were seeing such naked abuse from this now fully-grown regime, through its violent birth act of purging Palestinians to its family model of settler occupation; from its military chauvinism to its bleating plea that the world understand its plucky defensiveness and victimhood. Rather than deal with these posturing delusions, the West has once again turned on the real victims, telling Palestinians theyve only themselves to blame. As Seumas Milne comments: But instead of demanding a halt to Israel’s campaign of collective punishment against what is still illegally occupied territory, the western powers have blamed the victims for fighting back. If it weren’t for Hamas’s rockets fired out of Gaza’s giant holding pen, they insist, all of this bloodletting would end. “No country on earth would tolerate missiles raining down on its citizens from outside its borders,” Barack Obama declared, echoed by a mostly pliant media. Perhaps it’s scarcely surprising that states which have themselves invaded and occupied a string of Arab and Muslim countries in the past decade should take the side of another occupier they fund and arm to the hilt. Parentally approved, Israel displays the same disregard for those it has invaded, robbed and colonised, a brutality manifest in much of its citizenry, as it gloats and cheers above Sderot at the spectacle of Gazans being massacred. And isnt it darkly apposite - given the BBCs own hierarchical harbouring of abusers - that Israel should be getting institutional protection from that same British state media? Now clamouring to appear more balanced, after thousands protested its gross bias, Ali Abunimah has reminded the BBC of its still-running Israel responds line, its utter distortion over the ceasefire issue and other loaded narrative, saying: I would strongly recommend the BBC do some journalism. Ever keen to intervene, proclaiming their responsibility to protect others, Israels political patrons are massively responsible for failing to protect Palestinians. As serial abusers themselves, how could it be otherwise? But how can a supposedly impartial media continue to shield and mitigate the actions of this craven bully? The answer, basically, lies in the establisment-serving acronym BBC, and an institutionally understood fear of overly-criticising Israel. As ex-BBC Middle East correspondent Tim Llewellyn confirms: The BBC is now culturally and socially stuck in the Zionist frame. Whether this is fear of the Zionist lobby and its many friends in the three British political parties, sheer inbuilt prejudice, ignorance of the facts, history and nuances that every reporter, producer and editor should by now know, I am not sure. I suspect a combination of all three. Such is the intimidating presence of the Israel lobby, and the apprehensions of senior BBC editors awaiting that call from the Israeli embassy. How much longer can this dark compliance continue? The horror of those football-kicking kids being ruthlessly blown apart on Gazas beach should be enough in itself to foster mass-media condemnation and real political action. Some worthy journalists are recording such graphic, terrible detail. But the core problem - the illegal occupation - and sheer historical scale of Israels criminal abuse is still being dutifully hushed. John Hilley blogs at johnhilley.blogspot.co.uk
Posted on: Sat, 19 Jul 2014 02:43:16 +0000
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