COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE BY JONATHAN FREEDLAND IN THE
GUARDIAN
Sorry, this article is effectively just a kind of low-key
propaganda for Israel.
This is not a conflict between two parties, and as soon as
you portray it that way, you are saying nothing meaningful.
This is a case of an overwhelmingly more powerful group
holding another group in something close to perpetual bondage, all while
pretending not to do so and having enough influence in the West to keep the
pretence going.
There is no equality between the parties, of any
description.
Palestinians do not regularly steal tranches of Israeli
land.
Palestinians do not destroy Israeli houses.
Palestinians don't build walls on Israeli land and walls
which prevent Israelis from going about their business.
Palestinians do not hold thousands of Israelis in illegal
detention, including children.
Palestinians do not spray swaths of Israel with chemical
herbicides.
Palestinians have never sprayed Israelis with sewerage.
Palestinians do not prevent the importation of cement into
Israel, cement needed for basic housing and sanitation.
Palestinians do not surround Israel with robot-operated
machine gun towers.
Palestinians do not shoot up Israeli fishing boats or
beaches.
Palestinians do not prevent Israelis from moving or
travelling around.
Palestinians do not impose harsh regulations and checkpoints
for Israelis just going about their lives.
Palestinians do not steal the homes of Israelis living in
Jerusalem.
Palestinians do not hold hostage monies and assistance from
abroad intended for Israelis.
Palestinians have never killed 500 Israeli children in an
invasion of Israel.
