Excellent Essays on the Gaza War
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Some summaries:
Naomi Klein makes the case in The Nation that Israel should become the target of the kind of global movement that put an end to South Africa's apartheid, calling for boycotts.
Bill Moyers in his PBS show, Bill Moyers Journal, "[B]rute force can turn self-defense into state terrorism. It's what the U.S. did in Vietnam with B-52s and napalm, and again in Iraq, with shock and awe. By killing indiscriminately -- the elderly, kids, entire families, by destroying schools and hospitals -- Israel did exactly what terrorists do and exactly what Hamas wanted. It spilled the blood that turns the wheel of retribution." [Transcript here]
Former President Jimmy Carter wrote an op-ed sharing his view on the necessary path to peace through negotiations.
Some summaries:
Naomi Klein makes the case in The Nation that Israel should become the target of the kind of global movement that put an end to South Africa's apartheid, calling for boycotts.
Bill Moyers in his PBS show, Bill Moyers Journal, "[B]rute force can turn self-defense into state terrorism. It's what the U.S. did in Vietnam with B-52s and napalm, and again in Iraq, with shock and awe. By killing indiscriminately -- the elderly, kids, entire families, by destroying schools and hospitals -- Israel did exactly what terrorists do and exactly what Hamas wanted. It spilled the blood that turns the wheel of retribution." [Transcript here]
Former President Jimmy Carter wrote an op-ed sharing his view on the necessary path to peace through negotiations.
"...blood that turns the wheel of retribution." Wow.
ReplyDeleteSeriously, we all need to see and treat every nation and group of people like it's made up of actual human beings. Until then, we'll always blow each other up.