Re: One for the masochists. Howard Jacobson..accusing Israel of genocide is anti-semitic Archived Message
Posted by Dovetail Joint on December 6, 2023, 7:42 am, in reply to "One for the masochists. Howard Jacobson..accusing Israel of genocide is anti-semitic"
He, conviniently, ignores and downplays the ghastly statements and attitudes prevalent on the nationalist/religious right in Israel, calling for, what amounts to 'genocide' in Gaza. He seems blissfully unaware of Israeli, Zionist, propaganda aimed at deomonizing the Palestinians and Hamas. He doesn't seem to appreciate that if the chant from the river to the sea, is a call to genocide against Jews; what about the Israeli's actually policy of conquering the territory fromt the river to the sea? Palestinian rhetoric is apparently worse than Israeli actions! Then he, which is usual, focuses on 'intent' rather than actual actions. The Israelis, pretend to have 'good' and 'humane' intentions during their conduct of war; it's almost an afterthought or accident that 20,000 innocent civilians have been slaughtered in Gaza, 'collatoral damage' on a gargantuan scale.
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