Terrorist Israel

By AM Tuesday, January 6, 2009

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As we've seen so many times before, we have an instance of the United States preventing the Security Council from taking any action in the crisis in Gaza, whether it would be an actual move to impose a cease-fire, but they even went further than that to prevent even a statement from being issued, the sort of the lowest level of response from the Security Council. The U.N. diplomats essentially said exactly what Condoleezza Rice said two years ago at the time of the Israeli attack on Lebanon, when she went before the council and said, "We don't want a cease-fire yet," essentially telling the world, there is not enough dead people yet. We want more dead people before we will call for a cease-fire. And that has been the consistent position of the Bush administration, including President Bush himself on his weekly radio address, and it was the same position taken this weekend - Phyllis Bennis, Institute for Policy Studies

It is like a sick joke hearing the US government describe Hamas as a terrorist organisation. Even by the most general definition of terrorism, which is the deliberate targeting of civilians for political purposes, Hamas pales in comparison to the terrorist state of Israel. It can certainly be argued that Hamas attacks on Israeli civilians are wrong not to mention counter productive, but if that makes Hamas terrorist then Israel falls within the super-terrorist category. And where Hamas attack Israeli military personnel even the Israeli Foreign Minister, Tzipi Livni – serious contender for next Israeli prime minister - claims that this falls outside the rubric of terrorism.

Today is the 11th day of the Israeli terror. Palestinian medical staff estimate that 560 people have been killed, one quarter of whom according to UN sources are civilians. So gung ho are Israel’s willing executioners that they have taken to killing their own troops with tank fire. In their latest terrorist attack a UN school was targeted for mortar fire. At least thirty people have been killed. Few would dispute that those who target schools for mass murder are deserving of the terrorist label. Funny how the US government can hurl itself into a state of apoplectic rage when Columbine High is attacked but can become the numero uno cheer leader for attacks on the school in Gaza.

Israel is also reported to be using white phosphorus as it did in Lebanon two years ago. The agent can cause terrible burns to anyone caught up in it but it is not illegal if used as a smokescreen. At the same time Gaza is reputed to be one of the most densely populated areas in the world. It is hard to imagine that white phosphorous will not produce civilian casualties in such crammed conditions. Charles Heyman, a former British Army major, pointed out that ‘if white phosphorus was deliberately fired at a crowd of people someone would end up in The Hague.’ Although long before then the real smoke screen will have been used to smother the truth as Israel blames Hamas for any casualties arising from its use of the chemical.

Knowingly involved in state terrorism Israel has moved to suppress knowledge of its actions. Foreign journalists have been banned. Ethan Bronner, New York Times bureau chief in Jerusalem, points out that ‘Israel has never restricted media access like this before, and it should be ashamed. It's betraying the principles by which it claims to live.’ This helps make it easier for hacks such as the disreputable Charles Krauthammer to proclaim ‘Israel is so scrupulous about civilian life.’ As scrupulous as Nazi Germany from whom it has learned so much.

Aided by censorship Israel not only seeks to pursue its terrorism unhindered it also works to cover up the impact on a civilian population In resisting demands for a cessation. Tzipi Livni disgracefully lies ‘there is no humanitarian crisis in the Strip, and therefore there is no need for a humanitarian truce.’

Tzipi Goebbels.