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Obama falls in line on Israel/Gaza

Today President Obama reiterated what was for the most part the same old Bush policy on Israel and Palestine ignoring the core issues that prevent a lasting peace. He started off claiming Israel has a right to defend itself. There's no argument with that. However, it's void of any context. The fact that Israel had non-violent means of stopping the Hamas rockets, by continuing to obey the ceasefire it broke on Nov. 4, 2008 (see prior post), and/or ending its illegal blockade, was not considered by the new president. International law requires nations to exhaust non-violent means first in their self-defense. Even this is a bit gratuitous since Israel unilaterally ended the ceasefire on Nov4.

To listen to Noam Chomsky explain it go to:

http://www.democracynow.org/2009/1/23/noam_chomsky_obamas_stance_on_gaza

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GAZA – If the Truth Matters 

   Read All About It in the Israeli Media…

Because I stand for Israelis' and Palestinians' right to live in peace and prosperity with their neighbors and, becuase, after careful study and long thought, that the occuaption of the West Bank and blockade of Gaza are the two biggest obstacles to such a peace coming to those people, and becaue of my conviction that only non-violent struggle can truly free a people, I am compelled to share with you the following:

Israel Broke the Ceasefire – Not Hamas: see- Haaretz (Israel's newspaper of record):
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1034284.html 

You have to read past the headline to the 2nd paragraph which states:

The rocket barrage [from Hamas] came a day after an Israel Air Force strike in the southern Strip killed at least five militants and wounded several others.

or

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/nov/05/israelandthepalestinians  Guardian U.K. 

and 

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-fg-mideast17-2008nov17,0,2341094.story LA Times

Which should be no surprise since: Israel Planned Attack Last Spring: see- http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1050426.html 

Why would Israel want to do this? Hamas Accepts ’67 Border and Truce Sept. 08.
Thus, recognizing Israel see- http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1035414.html or could it be Labor trying to redeem itself before the election for its botched invasion of Lebanon. At this writing Labor and Kadima have gone up in the polls as a result of this attack.

Connecting the Dots- Israel’s invasion is a response to the Palestinian Peace Offensive: See Dr. Norman Finkelstein’s debate with former U.S. Ambassador to Israel at-
http://www.democracynow.org/2009/1/8/former_amb_martin_indyk_vs_author

We Americans are subsidizing this massacre of Palestinians.
The only way to peace for Palestinians and Israelis is to end the occupation. See what you can do: http://www.endtheoccupation.org/

My Salute to the Fraud of Frauds

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