Gideon Levy is preaching in the wilderness. Week after week, the columnist for Haaretz newspaper tells his compatriots what they do not want to hear: that the siege of Gaza and the occupation of the West Bank are immoral and counter-productive; that the continued seizure of Palestinian land and the construction of settlements is a “criminal enterprise” intended to foil any chance for peace.
“What Israeli interest does it serve to put two million people in a cage?” Levy asks. “Tens of thousands of Palestinian children will never forget what Israel has done to them and their parents in this [July 8th-August 26th] war. That is something Israel should have taken into account: another generation of hatred like never before, and very justified hatred.”
Levy is grateful to Amos Schocken, the third-generation owner of Haaretz, for standing by him. Some 2,000 readers cancelled subscriptions because of his July 14th column criticising Israeli air force pilots who bombed Gaza. “They have never seen an enemy plane coming toward them,” Levy wrote. “They never saw the whites of the eyes and the red blood of their victims . . . They are heroes battling the weakest, most helpless people . . .”
Israeli leaders portray their war on Hamas as a fight against terrorism. “Any Palestinian terrorist would rather sit in an Apache helicopter or an F16 and fly over Tel Aviv and push a button to bomb civilians,” Levy replies. “Nobody would call it terrorism. Terror is always the weapon of the weak.” Full story...
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“What Israeli interest does it serve to put two million people in a cage?” Levy asks. “Tens of thousands of Palestinian children will never forget what Israel has done to them and their parents in this [July 8th-August 26th] war. That is something Israel should have taken into account: another generation of hatred like never before, and very justified hatred.”
Levy is grateful to Amos Schocken, the third-generation owner of Haaretz, for standing by him. Some 2,000 readers cancelled subscriptions because of his July 14th column criticising Israeli air force pilots who bombed Gaza. “They have never seen an enemy plane coming toward them,” Levy wrote. “They never saw the whites of the eyes and the red blood of their victims . . . They are heroes battling the weakest, most helpless people . . .”
Israeli leaders portray their war on Hamas as a fight against terrorism. “Any Palestinian terrorist would rather sit in an Apache helicopter or an F16 and fly over Tel Aviv and push a button to bomb civilians,” Levy replies. “Nobody would call it terrorism. Terror is always the weapon of the weak.” Full story...
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