Actually the people in the streets demonstrating are lowering my blood pressure. I do feel more hopeful about the Palestinian future than I have in a long time. With internet, cellphones, independent citizen journalists, etc. it is not so easy for Israel to skulk around and break international law and hide it with outrageous PR. COVID he…
Actually the people in the streets demonstrating are lowering my blood pressure. I do feel more hopeful about the Palestinian future than I have in a long time. With internet, cellphones, independent citizen journalists, etc. it is not so easy for Israel to skulk around and break international law and hide it with outrageous PR. COVID helped because people are a lot more skeptical about what they're told by "experts". It is outrageous that the Israelis are getting away with murdering so many Palestinians, for the umpteenth time. But I don't think those deaths are in vain. I've never seen the world so aware of the Palestinian situation. And the Israeli propaganda machine cannot cover up the truth this time. A couple more countries cut ties with them yesterday. What they should do, if they could afford to, is to cut ties with the U.S. while they're at it. And we need a law that Congress cannot invest in arms dealers while they're in office. This is a blatant conflict of interest.
100%. I helped get divestment at my university in the 80s. I do think there comes a tipping point when oppression gets so much visibility it becomes impossible for people to credibly defend it. As for Congress, I've never been more disgusted by these absolute pigs on both side of the aisle. They are utterly immune to the concerns of their constituents and I will not vote for any of them ever again. As Matt Taibbi says, no hell is too hot for them.
Actually the people in the streets demonstrating are lowering my blood pressure. I do feel more hopeful about the Palestinian future than I have in a long time. With internet, cellphones, independent citizen journalists, etc. it is not so easy for Israel to skulk around and break international law and hide it with outrageous PR. COVID helped because people are a lot more skeptical about what they're told by "experts". It is outrageous that the Israelis are getting away with murdering so many Palestinians, for the umpteenth time. But I don't think those deaths are in vain. I've never seen the world so aware of the Palestinian situation. And the Israeli propaganda machine cannot cover up the truth this time. A couple more countries cut ties with them yesterday. What they should do, if they could afford to, is to cut ties with the U.S. while they're at it. And we need a law that Congress cannot invest in arms dealers while they're in office. This is a blatant conflict of interest.
100%. I helped get divestment at my university in the 80s. I do think there comes a tipping point when oppression gets so much visibility it becomes impossible for people to credibly defend it. As for Congress, I've never been more disgusted by these absolute pigs on both side of the aisle. They are utterly immune to the concerns of their constituents and I will not vote for any of them ever again. As Matt Taibbi says, no hell is too hot for them.