According to a recent report by Andrea Becker in an article entitled “The Slow Death of Gaza,” the effects of the siege, which has been imposed on Gaza by Israel, ever since Hamas took control of this territory in June, 2007, have been devastating, and the situation is, if anything, only growing worse. Many on-the-spot observers and prominent international spokesmen have not hesitated to call Israel’s actions genocidal both in intent and effect. The U.N. special rapporteur for human rights in the Occupied Territories, Richard Falk, for example, has condemned the Israeli siege of Gaza as “a crime against humanity” and “a prelude to genocide.” It’s easy to understand why when you read such reports as Becker’s where she recounts the various forms of misery and deprivation from which Gazans suffer daily: FULL ARTICLE
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pea shooters against US made fighter jets. something doesn’t seem right here…
I was watching Fox news last night, and they kept referring to the Israeli action as a “response” – totally ruling out any possibility that it might not be – and totally ignoring the past 6 decades of history. How can anyone clearly call either side’s action a “response” when looking in proper historical context? The lines have become so blurred that it’s nothing but propaganda when one side is taken so strongly.
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