Thursday, July 27, 2006
Pacifica Commentary For July 19, 2006
Our Newspaper
Here begins the lead editorial in the Los Angeles Times on Monday, July 17, 2006:
(Quote) "Make no mistake about it: Responsibility for the escalating carnage in Lebanon and northern Israel lies with one side and one side only. And that is Hezbollah..."
(Unquote).
Substantial numbers of Israelis disagree with the Los Angeles Times. They are demonstrating in Central Tel Aviv to protest Israel's attacks on Lebanon and the continued offensive of the Israeli Defense Forces in the Gaza Strip. The protesters called the Israeli Defense Force operations an unnecessary war and demanded that the Israeli government hold negotiations on an exchange of prisoners.
Contrary to the L.A. Times editorial many Israelis understand that the escalating carnage is also related to the oppression of Palestinians. For example:
There are some 9000 routinely tortured Palestinian prisoners held in Israel without trial.
There are some 400 routinely tortured Palestinian children held in Israel without trial.
Hundreds of Palestinians have had their homes destroyed without a charge or a hearing.
Targeted assassinations of Palestinians are also routine. These are cold blooded murders of suspects without evidence or trial.
Significant numbers of the elected Palestinian government have been captured and are now being held without trial. Collective punishment has been the rule. Food, medicine and funds have been withheld from Palestine.
History makes it clear that resistance can be expected from any occupied country. This is why Israeli citizens are demonstrating in Tel Aviv for peace and and this is why hundreds of Israeli Officers have refused to serve in occupied Palestine. They seem to know that the ancient and vengeful and useless axiom of an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth has been replaced by, "Two thousand eyes for an eye and one thousand jaws for a tooth."
Sadly, many people select denial as a way of mindless life. So we must praise Israelis who at this moment of crisis know from long experience that war itself is the evil, war is the problem, war is the mistake and war is the enemy.
Instead of the absolutist statement about, "one side, and one side only." It would have been far better for the L.A. Times to acknowledge that the obstructionist policy of our nation has blocked literally scores of United Nations resolutions which could have brought peace to Israel and its neighbors.
Here begins the lead editorial in the Los Angeles Times on Monday, July 17, 2006:
(Quote) "Make no mistake about it: Responsibility for the escalating carnage in Lebanon and northern Israel lies with one side and one side only. And that is Hezbollah..."
(Unquote).
Substantial numbers of Israelis disagree with the Los Angeles Times. They are demonstrating in Central Tel Aviv to protest Israel's attacks on Lebanon and the continued offensive of the Israeli Defense Forces in the Gaza Strip. The protesters called the Israeli Defense Force operations an unnecessary war and demanded that the Israeli government hold negotiations on an exchange of prisoners.
Contrary to the L.A. Times editorial many Israelis understand that the escalating carnage is also related to the oppression of Palestinians. For example:
There are some 9000 routinely tortured Palestinian prisoners held in Israel without trial.
There are some 400 routinely tortured Palestinian children held in Israel without trial.
Hundreds of Palestinians have had their homes destroyed without a charge or a hearing.
Targeted assassinations of Palestinians are also routine. These are cold blooded murders of suspects without evidence or trial.
Significant numbers of the elected Palestinian government have been captured and are now being held without trial. Collective punishment has been the rule. Food, medicine and funds have been withheld from Palestine.
History makes it clear that resistance can be expected from any occupied country. This is why Israeli citizens are demonstrating in Tel Aviv for peace and and this is why hundreds of Israeli Officers have refused to serve in occupied Palestine. They seem to know that the ancient and vengeful and useless axiom of an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth has been replaced by, "Two thousand eyes for an eye and one thousand jaws for a tooth."
Sadly, many people select denial as a way of mindless life. So we must praise Israelis who at this moment of crisis know from long experience that war itself is the evil, war is the problem, war is the mistake and war is the enemy.
Instead of the absolutist statement about, "one side, and one side only." It would have been far better for the L.A. Times to acknowledge that the obstructionist policy of our nation has blocked literally scores of United Nations resolutions which could have brought peace to Israel and its neighbors.
