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Israel's Butchery in Gaza, Bought and Paid for by the American People: A Question. Is Israel an Apartheid State?
Sunday, July 20, 2014 14:44
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The recent events in Gaza are disgusting.
Watching Bill Maher's panelists support Israel's fiendish behavior towards the Palestinian people on Friday's edition of Real Time made me feel dirty. Am I alone in that sensation?
A dream booking: wouldn't it be great if Norman Finkelstein was invited to be a panelist on Maher's show. Talk about a hell of a show.
Americans, because of a failed educational system and a corporate media, are not forced to ask hard questions about foreign policy and their complicity with the deeds and actions which the United States makes in their name.
Consequently, when blowback occurs they sit around like ignorant children who are surprised that Santa Clause isn't real and that mommy and daddy actually had sex in order to bring them into existence. Sorry kids, babies do not come out of mommy's bellybutton.
Israel's butchery in Gaza is bought and paid for by the American people. The Israelis are “mowing the lawn” in Gaza. And please do take note of the old habit wherein how language is used to reduce people to objects in order to legitimate their murder and abuse.
[The Israeli government extracts a high price when its citizens are killed. What is the exchange rate? Is it one thousand Palestinians for 1 Israeli? Higher? Lower?]
I wonder, in the post Hobby Lobby, neoliberal, Age of A La Carte Citizenship, can I cite my deeply held “religious” beliefs and deduct the portion of my tax dollars that support Israel's militarism (which actually undermines American national security)?
I believe that Israel–historically along with Australia and the United States–is an Apartheid society. Apparently, this is a provocative claim in some circles. The great Desmond Tutu agrees with me; I count myself in good company.
What are your thoughts on Israel's status as an Apartheid regime? And what do you make of the recent events in Gaza?
Source: http://www.chaunceydevega.com/2014/07/israels-butchery-in-gaza-bought-and.html
