Today, at TomDispatch, Noam Chomsky makes sense of the latest round of destruction in Gaza, offering an anatomy of year after year of “ceasefires” from hell. As historically has often been the case, massive bombings and other assaults do not destroy the support of populations for movements or governments, but tend to solidify it. In other words, Israeli policy is reducing civilized life for Palestinians in a major way and yet increasing the urge both to fight on and the desire for revenge. It’s an ugly pattern and, as Chomsky (whose latest book, Masters of Mankind, is due out this week) indicates today, it’s been going on in this same fashion for a remarkably long time, as Israel continues to gobble up Palestinian lands on the West Bank, while working to hem Palestinians in yet further in the Gaza Strip. Don’t miss this one. Tom tomdispatch/blog/175892/
Posted on: Tue, 09 Sep 2014 14:15:00 +0000
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