An attack on an Egyptian army post in northern Sinai left 15
soldiers dead. The attack was denounced by
all Palestinian resistance forces including mainstream ones (Fatah, PFLP, DFLP,
popular resistance committees, Hamas) and even marginal Jihadi forces (Islamic
Jihad). I was very disappointed to see a few Palestinians try to use the
incident to score points against other Palestinian factions. But to most Palestinians, it was clear from
its pattern and timing that this was another Israeli false flag operation
stretching back to the Lavon affair in the 1950s when Israeli agents planted
bombs in Egypt against Western interests to sabotage relations between those
countries and Egypt. An attempt to incite
Egyptians against others (Palestinians or Iranians) must be exposed and
thwarted especially when there is an ongoing existential struggle.
Avraham Burg, ex-speaker of the Israeli Knesset wrote an
article titled "Israel’s Fading Democracy"
It is an interesting read but I disagree with his notion
that Israel has moved from democracy to right wing fanaticism. I believe it is a movement from low grade
camouflaged fascism to high grade open fascism. Already 7 million of us are
refugees or displaced people thanks to this regime of racism. This happened for decades and continues today
(e.g. see this about Israel refusing cases by stateless Palestinians under its occupation
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/new-regulation-may-bar-migrants-palestinians-from-filing-lawsuits-in-israeli-courts.premium-1.456170
or this about Fishermen in Gaza http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C05UhR9qtiA)
And the future looks just as deadly as we watch the mayhem created
by the Western countries under the Israel lobby's thumb. We are told we can only choose from two
options: secular dictators affiliated with Israel/USA imperialism, or Islamist
dictators affiliated with Israel/USA imperialism (the latter maybe harder to dislodge since
few are willing to tackle dishonest men wrapping themselves in the garb of
religous piety)! This is a rigged game whose outcome either way would work for
the game makers. The commander of
Israeli army 91st Division, Brigadier-General Hertzi Halevy threatened even
more war crimes for anyone who dares objects to the game: "Lebanon will
sustain greater damage than that done during the second Lebanon war*…The
response will need to be sharper, harder, and in some ways very violent. After
the Goldstone Report**, people in the international community and in Israel
thought that battle in a densely populated area could be carried out in a nicer
way. It cannot be nice. Without the use of great force, we will find it
difficult to achieve our aim, and the enemy should also know that. "
The "second Lebanon war" was a war by the Israeli
military on the civilians of Lebanon. Dozens
of villages were destroyed. It is ironic since another IDF commander stated
recently: We fired more than a million cluster bombs in Lebanon: "What we
did was insane and monstrous, we covered entire towns in cluster bombs,"
the head of an IDF rocket unit in Lebanon said regarding the use of cluster
bombs and phosphorous shells during the war”
As for the "The Goldstone report", it tried to
accommodate Zionism by condemning home-made rockets fired by the resistance
forces from Gaza towards the Palestinian land occupied and ethnically cleansed
since 1948. But the report also cited
the Israeli killing of over 1400 Palestinians (mostly civilians, including
nearly 400 children). The International community refused to act even as solid
evidence was provided that war crimes and crimes against humanity were
conducted during this "operation".
Even Israeli soldiers admitted to the brutal kinds of actions they were
ordered to do http://www.breakingthesilence.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Operation_Cast_Lead_Gaza_2009_Eng.pdf
Roger Waters and BDS: Moral Courage and Unwavering
Commitment to Human Rights
"Where governments refuse to act, people must, with
whatever peaceful means are at their disposal. For me this means declaring an
intention to stand in solidarity, not only with the people of Palestine but
also with the many thousands of Israelis who disagree with their government's
policies, by joining the campaign of Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions against
Israel." – Roger Waters
Gloria Brown: FROM SEGREGATED MISSSISSIPPI TO
PALESTINE/ISRAEL
Dershowitz (arch racist) supports Obama
Action: Sign to object to Romney's racist views that
"cultural differences", not the occupation, are what makes the
Palestinian economy weak,
Take Action: Free Palestinian farmers and agricultural workers targeted
for imprisonment
The lies about the 1967 war are still more powerful than the
truth http://www.redress.cc/palestine/ahart20120605
Mazin Qumsiyeh, PhD
Can I clarify your thinking? Just to be sure? In writing this - "it was clear from its pattern and timing that this was another Israeli false flag operation stretching back to the Lavon affair in the 1950s when Israeli agents planted bombs in Egypt against Western interests to sabotage relations between those countries and Egypt." - do you mean to say that you actually believe that the attack was run by Israel or what?
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