Monday, December 29, 2008

ISRAEL'S CELEBRATION OF THE FESTIVAL OF LIGHT: MORE THAN 300 DEAD AND STILL COUNTING

POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN IN THE NEW YORK TIMES

We are witnessing the most wanton war crimes by Israel, but people are afraid to speak up.

Just as when Israel slaughtered 1,500 in Lebanon and scattered a million cluster bombs to cripple for years on a flimsy excuse.

The 'rockets" are homemade rubbish which haven't killed one Israeli. They are the anguished efforts of people with no resources and no freedom.

And the killing of 310 people (latest tally) comes on top of the roughly two dozen Israel has murdered in the last month or so with its missiles.

And that's yet on top of keeping 1.5 million people without medicine, electricity and food.

And that's on top of arresting much of the elected government of Gaza.

And that's on top of perhaps 9,000 illegally held prisoners.

And that's on top of a half century of disgusting abuse.

Israel is openly telling the Palestinians who they must elect, backing up the demand with mass killing and destruction.

After taking their land, tearing down houses, and building a Berlin Wall, the Palestinians are told how to vote.

South Africa was kinder.