- Jonathan Cook: Uninhabitable: Gaza faces the moment of truth Archived Message
- Amira Haas: Israel's goal is to kill Palestine not Palestinians (recording) - Der December 12, 2019, 9:44 am
Posted by Thomas Newfield
on December 12, 2019, 11:15 am, in reply to "Amira Haas: Israel's goal is to kill Palestine not Palestinians (recording)"
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Reposting this: https://www.jonathan-cook.net/2019-10-13/uninhabitable-gaza/ Quotes: Ethnic cleansing and apartheid have been the mainstays of Israel’s approach to the Palestinians inside Israel, in the West Bank and in East Jerusalem. But over the past 15 years its policy towards Gaza appears to have moved in an additional direction – towards elements of what might be called a model of incremental genocide. ... Vilnai told the interviewer: “The more Qassam fire intensifies and the rockets reach a longer range, they [the Palestinians of Gaza] will bring upon themselves a bigger shoah because we will use all our might to defend ourselves.” ... The first of these attacks, in winter 2008, came under close scrutiny from the UN through a fact-finding mission led by a South African jurist, Richard Goldstone. The panel’s report suggested that the Israeli army – as well as Hamas – had committed war crimes and crimes against humanity during Israel’s three-week Operation Cast Lead. It noted Israel’s use of unconventional weapons such as white phosphorus, the destruction of property on a massive scale, and the taking of civilians, including young children, as human shields. And significantly it concluded that Israel had targeted civilians “as a matter of policy”. ... Similarly, leaflets produced by the military rabbinate – apparently with the knowledge of the army top brass – urged Israeli ground troops, an increasing number of whom are religious and from the settlements, to show no mercy to Palestinians. It characterized the Palestinians as the Philistines, the Biblical enemy of the Jews, and told them Israel was waging “a war on murderers”. ------------- A lot more in this brilliant dissection of a deliberate slow genocide. Beware limited hangouts. |
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