Here is an extremely important article from Chris Hedges, about the necessity of the world’s taking action at this juncture against the completion of the Aparthied wall. The consequences of inaction at this stage could have dire repercussions not only for the tormented people of Palestine who’re already being subjected to the most severe indignities and depredations at the hands of the Israelis (and whose fate is relatively unimportant), but for the security of the whole region and consequently the whole world.
To quote the article:
When Yasir Arafat agreed to end his exile to return to Gaza, swallow his pride and formally recognize Israel’s right to exist, when he turned his Fatah fighters into a collaboration police force in the West Bank and Gaza, he was broke. The communist states that had once bankrolled him had collapsed. He was humbled to the Oslo peace accord, under which he took the bitter pill of accommodation with his detested Zionist enemy. Unless Israel too feels pressure it will never seek accommodation with the Palestinians, relying instead on increasing forms of repression and mounting violence. These measures, depriving Palestinians of hope and dignity, are the fuel of radical movements and ensure not peace but unending war. Israel has ignored the terms stipulated for the U.S. loan guarantees, and so we have a choice—to uphold our own demands and international law or be a party to Israeli policies that will lead to an unraveling of the region’s stability.
In other news, it was amusing to see John Bolton — the guy’s a walking caricature of himself — so vehement in his denunciation of the asssassination of Pierre Geyamel. Odd, when you consider the US administration’s acquiescence in and implicit support of Israel’s targeted assassinations and kidnapping of Palestinians officials.
