Barry, I am 100% with you--as are a lot of other fellow Jews who have looked at the mendacity of Israeli politics, especially the government's response to any attacks on or protest against the ultra rightwing and nationalist settlements they keep on planting in areas that were "supposed" to be autonomous Palestinian territories. The typi…
Barry, I am 100% with you--as are a lot of other fellow Jews who have looked at the mendacity of Israeli politics, especially the government's response to any attacks on or protest against the ultra rightwing and nationalist settlements they keep on planting in areas that were "supposed" to be autonomous Palestinian territories. The typical Israeli government response of a kid throwing stones at a soldier (for every injury 10 Palestinians at minimum must be arrested/die/have their homes destroyed--in an ironic reflection of the ancient Roman practice of "decimation") has escalated to 100 Palestinians must be punished for every injury to an Israeli. This is totally unacceptable.
As I have said before on this platform, the policy of the Israeli government CREATES supporters of Hamas and Hezbollah. And it provides fodder for the christofascists here in the USA to further their ultimately totally antisemitic goals of "forcing" the "Rapture": their real unstated purpose behind their support of Israel. Because they "need" Jews in Jerusalem for their fantasy of the antichrist to come who will ultimately wipe all the Jews off the face of the earth. The cooperation between the christofascists here and the Israeli government is about as cynical and manipulative as it gets.
That said, this is also a golden opportunity for Russia, China, and Iran to make hay with US politics--and I have questioned the timeline of the Hamas attack and the Israeli response to it before because it is pretty clear the Israeli government had a good idea what was about to happen and turned their eyes away. Opportunism on all sides, as well as mendacity. There are NO "good" sides to this. And Hamas perpetuating the war by refusing to negotiate and return the people they captured is equally heinous. But interestingly, the Israeli government seems far less worried about that 100 or so still surviving group than about turning Gaza (and eventually, I suspect, the West Bank) to rubble.
"And it provides fodder for the christofascists here in the USA to further their ultimately totally antisemitic goals of "forcing" the "Rapture": their real unstated purpose behind their support of Israel. Because they "need" Jews in Jerusalem for their fantasy of the antichrist to come who will ultimately wipe all the Jews off the face of the earth. The cooperation between the christofascists here and the Israeli government is about as cynical and manipulative as it gets." THIS!!
Barry, I am 100% with you--as are a lot of other fellow Jews who have looked at the mendacity of Israeli politics, especially the government's response to any attacks on or protest against the ultra rightwing and nationalist settlements they keep on planting in areas that were "supposed" to be autonomous Palestinian territories. The typical Israeli government response of a kid throwing stones at a soldier (for every injury 10 Palestinians at minimum must be arrested/die/have their homes destroyed--in an ironic reflection of the ancient Roman practice of "decimation") has escalated to 100 Palestinians must be punished for every injury to an Israeli. This is totally unacceptable.
As I have said before on this platform, the policy of the Israeli government CREATES supporters of Hamas and Hezbollah. And it provides fodder for the christofascists here in the USA to further their ultimately totally antisemitic goals of "forcing" the "Rapture": their real unstated purpose behind their support of Israel. Because they "need" Jews in Jerusalem for their fantasy of the antichrist to come who will ultimately wipe all the Jews off the face of the earth. The cooperation between the christofascists here and the Israeli government is about as cynical and manipulative as it gets.
That said, this is also a golden opportunity for Russia, China, and Iran to make hay with US politics--and I have questioned the timeline of the Hamas attack and the Israeli response to it before because it is pretty clear the Israeli government had a good idea what was about to happen and turned their eyes away. Opportunism on all sides, as well as mendacity. There are NO "good" sides to this. And Hamas perpetuating the war by refusing to negotiate and return the people they captured is equally heinous. But interestingly, the Israeli government seems far less worried about that 100 or so still surviving group than about turning Gaza (and eventually, I suspect, the West Bank) to rubble.
Well said, Linda.
"And it provides fodder for the christofascists here in the USA to further their ultimately totally antisemitic goals of "forcing" the "Rapture": their real unstated purpose behind their support of Israel. Because they "need" Jews in Jerusalem for their fantasy of the antichrist to come who will ultimately wipe all the Jews off the face of the earth. The cooperation between the christofascists here and the Israeli government is about as cynical and manipulative as it gets." THIS!!