POSTED RESPONSES TO A COLUMN IN TORONTO'S GLOBE AND MAIL
"Attack on Israeli embassy in Cairo a 'severe injury to the fabric of peace': Netanyahu"
Netanyahu does have a penchant for comedy, dark comedy, although I am pretty sure he is not the least aware of it.
Fabric of peace?
Where does he see that in the region?
I
see only Israel trying to starve out the poor people of Gaza and
willing to shoot anyone who even tries to help them with their needs.
I
see Israel ready to attack every neighbor that it has, from buzzing
jets over Lebanon to creating provocations with Syria and to shooting
five Egyptian policemen only doing their duty in Sinai when Israeli
soldiers crossed the border with no permission and with a dark purpose.
Of
course, a day does not go by that Israel does not threaten to attack,
or harangue the United States to attack, Iran, a nation generally living
at peace with its neighbors.
Netanyahu has never so much as lifted a finger in his entire nasty career in the name of genuine peace.
And it does seem anymore that where Israel is there can be no peace.
The
people of Egypt are only expressing legitimate frustrations with this
regional bully who worked hard behind the scenes to keep them
perpetually under the thumb of a U.S.-sponsored tyrant.
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"I would think israel security firing off a few rounds through their skulls would disperse them real quick..."
Now there's a fine comment, something of which to be proud.
That is, if you are a bully or a psychopath.
The person commenting only succeeds in revealing the genuine attitudes of the Israeli government.
Here
are a few interesting facts for readers to consider in light of this
savage comment - they are taken from Israeli journalist Amira Hass in
her book about Gaza:
Physicians for Human Rights, during the five
years of the intifada, a Palestinian child under the age of six was
shot in the head every two weeks. According to United Nations Relief
records, nearly 1,100 people treated at its clinics during the first
four years had been shot in the head, with about 15% of that number
being women. During the four years, over sixty thousand Gazans were
shot, severely beaten , or tear-gassed.
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"canadians are morons.
"....
"canadians are morons."
Gee, now there's an enlightened way to address people and to make your point.
Again the writer reveals, undoubtedly without realizing it, why there is such terrible problems in the region.
There's a government, armed to the teeth and utterly ruthless, which regularly speaks this way.
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A reader says the last time he checked Israel was an independent nation.
Israel an independent nation?
Since when?
It is the most heavily subsidized place on earth, by far.
It receives about $500 per year per Jewish citizen from the United States, and it has done so for decades.
But that is only the beginning.
There are periodic loan guarantees of tens of billions.
There
is constant access at the highest level for this nation with the
population of Ecuador, something virtually no other country, even far
more important ones, has.
It has a plum free-trade agreement -
indeed, with sending its subsidized crops to the U.S. Israel's
agriculture would disappear. It was a gift to Israel because it has no
tangible benefits for Americans at all.
The opportunity cost of
water Israel squanders on tomatoes and clementines to export is
unbelievably high because it is the cost of desalination-plant water. It
sends subsidized produce to the United States under free trade, produce
the United States doesn’t even need.
Israel receives billions
worth of intelligence and defense cooperation every year from the United
States, something few other countries receive.
The two billion
dollars a year going to Egypt is a bribe paid on Israel's part paid by
Americans since the Camp David Agreements.
Israel receives
heavily below cost natural gas from Egypt, the result of U.S. pressure
on Mubarak. Everyone knows this is scandalous, and the U.S. has offered
to pay a subsidy to top up the price.
Israel also receives
billions from the Jewish communities of America and Europe, and it
receives important business intelligence and connections.
The
great privilege granted to American Israelis to be dual citizens means
they move back and forth regularly, all the while sharing business and
other intelligence.
Israel’s farms and cities and water supply
were all taken with absolutely no payment or reparations from other
people. That is the biggest subsidy ever received, the very substance of
the nation.
And it is not satisfied with what happened in 1948,
it keeps stealing the property of others regularly, refusing to live in
peace because it still wants more.
Israel has received tens of billions in reparations from Germany – wholly appropriate in view of the past but still a subsidy.
The list is even longer than this, but I think the point is clear: Israel is in no sense of the word an independent nation.
It is in truth a gigantic international welfare case.
