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In letter, Farrakhan accuses Jews of hurting blacks

June 30, 2010

(JTA) -- Minister Louis Farrakhan in a letter addressed to U.S. Jewish organizations accused Jews of hurting blacks and called for dialogue to "repair" the damage.

The Nation of Islam leader sent the letter, as well as a two-volume copy of "The Secret Relationship Between Blacks and Jews" by the Nation of Islam Historical Research Team, which he said proves "an undeniable record of Jewish Anti-Black behavior," the Associated Press reported Tuesday.

"We could charge you with being the most deceitful so-called friend, while your history with us shows you have been our worst enemy," he reportedly wrote in the letter, dated June 24. In the past, Farrakhan has called Judaism a "gutter religion."

The letter was sent to several Jewish organizations, including the Anti-Defamation League, American Israel Public Affairs Committee, the American Jewish Committee, and the Orthodox and Reform movements, according to the AP.

Farrakhan called for dialogue with Jewish groups and their supporters.

"This is an offer asking you and the gentiles whom you influence to help me in the repair of my people from the damage that has been done by your ancestors to mine," he wrote in the letter.

Abraham Foxman, ADL's national director, received a copy of the letter and the books.

"Never, in our more than 20 years of following Minister Louis Farrakhan, have we seen him so obsessively devoted to his hate crusade against Jews," Foxman said. "His anti-Semitism is obsessive, diabolical and unrestrained.  He has opened a new chapter in his ministry, where scapegoating Jews is not just part of a message but the message.

"Dialogue does not begin with bigoted accusations. Farrakhan's call for dialogue with Jews is so outrageous and disingenuous that you can't believe anyone would take him seriously."

In a news release, the ADL pointed out that Farrakhan, in an address to followers in Atlanta on June 26, announced that he had sent the book to the media and members of the Obama administration.

He also continued to speak negatively about Jews.

"Today the Jewish people have developed a new strategy," Farrakhan said, according to the ADL release. "They have always tied themselves to black people. They attach themselves to our talent. They are the managers, the agents, and they are the accountants, and that's why our black artists loved fame and got fame but died poor because somebody else got their money.

"No black man or woman becomes a multimillionaire without friendship in the Jewish community."


 

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‘Son of Hamas’ to be granted asylum

 




'Son of Hamas' to be granted asylum

June 30, 2010

(JTA) -- The United States has dropped deportation proceedings against the son of a Hamas founder who served as a spy for Israel's Shin Bet security service.

Mosab Hassan Yousef will be granted asylum in the United States following a routine background check, an immigration judge ruled Wednesday during a deportation hearing in San Diego, Calif. A U.S. Department of Homeland Security attorney said during the short hearing that the government was dropping its objections to the asylum request.

Yousef, 32, a convert to Christianity, has lived in the United States since 2007.

The eldest son of Hassan Yousef, a founder of the Palestinian terrorist group, Yousef was recruited by the Shin Bet, Israel's internal security service, in 1997. Israeli agents have been quoted as saying that his information has prevented multiple terrorist attacks.

Yousef has written of his experience in a recent book, "Son of Hamas," and now promotes the book on the conservative and pro-Israel speaking circuits.

Immigration authorities originally rejected his request for asylum, apparently based on his acknowledgment in his book that he worked for Hamas -- even though he was employed in order to spy for Israel.

Hassan Yousef, who has been held in an Israeli prison since 2005, said in a statement following reports that his son had spied for Israel that he and his wife, as well as his other children, disowned their oldest son.

Jewish groups rallying to keep Mosab Yousef in the United States included Emet, the Endowment for Middle East Truth, and the Jewish Federations of North America. JFNA last week wrote U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano.

"Mr. Yousef's conduct in preventing acts of terror by cooperating with the Israeli government would definitely place him in grave danger should he be forced to return to the Middle East," JFNA Washington director William Daroff said in the letter, the Washington Jewish Week reported.

Gonen ben Itzhak, Yousef's former Shin Beth handler, revealed his identity last week in a bid to bring attention to Yousef's plight.


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Farrakhan accuses Jews of hurting blacks

 

In letter, Farrakhan accuses Jews of hurting blacks

June 30, 2010

(JTA) -- Minister Louis Farrakhan in a letter addressed to U.S. Jewish organizations accused Jews of hurting blacks and called for dialogue to "repair" the damage.

The Nation of Islam leader sent the letter, as well as a two-volume copy of "The Secret Relationship Between Blacks and Jews" by the Nation of Islam Historical Research Team, which he said proves "an undeniable record of Jewish Anti-Black behavior," the Associated Press reported Tuesday.

"We could charge you with being the most deceitful so-called friend, while your history with us shows you have been our worst enemy," he reportedly wrote in the letter, dated June 24. In the past, Farrakhan has called Judaism a "gutter religion."

The letter was sent to several Jewish organizations, including the Anti-Defamation League, American Israel Public Affairs Committee, the American Jewish Committee, and the Orthodox and Reform movements, according to the AP.

Farrakhan called for dialogue with Jewish groups and their supporters.

"This is an offer asking you and the gentiles whom you influence to help me in the repair of my people from the damage that has been done by your ancestors to mine," he wrote in the letter.

Abraham Foxman, ADL's national director, received a copy of the letter and the books.

"Never, in our more than 20 years of following Minister Louis Farrakhan, have we seen him so obsessively devoted to his hate crusade against Jews," Foxman said. "His anti-Semitism is obsessive, diabolical and unrestrained.  He has opened a new chapter in his ministry, where scapegoating Jews is not just part of a message but the message.

"Dialogue does not begin with bigoted accusations. Farrakhan's call for dialogue with Jews is so outrageous and disingenuous that you can't believe anyone would take him seriously."

In a news release, the ADL pointed out that Farrakhan, in an address to followers in Atlanta on June 26, announced that he had sent the book to the media and members of the Obama administration.

He also continued to speak negatively about Jews.

"Today the Jewish people have developed a new strategy," Farrakhan said, according to the ADL release. "They have always tied themselves to black people. They attach themselves to our talent. They are the managers, the agents, and they are the accountants, and that's why our black artists loved fame and got fame but died poor because somebody else got their money.

"No black man or woman becomes a multimillionaire without friendship in the Jewish community."


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Farrakhan accuses Jews of hurting blacks

 




In letter, Farrakhan accuses Jews of hurting blacks

June 30, 2010

(JTA) -- Minister Louis Farrakhan in a letter addressed to U.S. Jewish organizations accused Jews of hurting blacks and called for dialogue to "repair" the damage.

The Nation of Islam leader sent the letter, as well as a two-volume copy of "The Secret Relationship Between Blacks and Jews" by the Nation of Islam Historical Research Team, which he said proves "an undeniable record of Jewish Anti-Black behavior," the Associated Press reported Tuesday.

"We could charge you with being the most deceitful so-called friend, while your history with us shows you have been our worst enemy," he reportedly wrote in the letter, dated June 24. In the past, Farrakhan has called Judaism a "gutter religion."

The letter was sent to several Jewish organizations, including the Anti-Defamation League, American Israel Public Affairs Committee, the American Jewish Committee, and the Orthodox and Reform movements, according to the AP.

Farrakhan called for dialogue with Jewish groups and their supporters.

"This is an offer asking you and the gentiles whom you influence to help me in the repair of my people from the damage that has been done by your ancestors to mine," he wrote in the letter.

Abraham Foxman, ADL's national director, received a copy of the letter and the books.

"Never, in our more than 20 years of following Minister Louis Farrakhan, have we seen him so obsessively devoted to his hate crusade against Jews," Foxman said. "His anti-Semitism is obsessive, diabolical and unrestrained.  He has opened a new chapter in his ministry, where scapegoating Jews is not just part of a message but the message.

"Dialogue does not begin with bigoted accusations. Farrakhan's call for dialogue with Jews is so outrageous and disingenuous that you can't believe anyone would take him seriously."

In a news release, the ADL pointed out that Farrakhan, in an address to followers in Atlanta on June 26, announced that he had sent the book to the media and members of the Obama administration.

He also continued to speak negatively about Jews.

"Today the Jewish people have developed a new strategy," Farrakhan said, according to the ADL release. "They have always tied themselves to black people. They attach themselves to our talent. They are the managers, the agents, and they are the accountants, and that's why our black artists loved fame and got fame but died poor because somebody else got their money.

"No black man or woman becomes a multimillionaire without friendship in the Jewish community."




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Deport turncoat son of Hamas founder...

 




Why deport a friend to Middle East peace?

By Mosab Hassan Yousef and Gonen ben Itzhak
Wednesday, June 30, 2010; A17 


Ours is an unlikely friendship. One of us (Gonen ben Itzhak) is an Israeli, the son of a retired Israel Defense Forces (IDF) general who was in charge of defeating the first intifada some 20 years ago. One of us (Mosab Hassan Yousef) is a Palestinian, the son of a founder of Hamas whose father was one of the leaders of that intifada. The Palestinians' goal for the intifada was to elevate their cause. Israel sought to keep violence down and protect its citizens. Today we are sacrificing everything -- possibly even our lives -- to build a bridge of peace between our peoples.

As detailed in the book "Son of Hamas," published this year, we became partners in the fight against terrorism; Mosab became an undercover agent for the Shin Bet, Israel's security service; Gonen became his Shin Bet handler. In the nine years we worked together, the two of us, once sworn enemies, embraced mutual recognition and rejected the mind-set of revenge.


All the efforts of Hamas and the Palestine Liberation Organization failed to achieve the goals of the intifada. All the efforts of the IDF failed to stop the hate that fueled the intifada.

Mosab observed firsthand the craziness of the cycle of violence. Mosab began to question who his real enemies were: the Hamas leaders who tortured their fellow Palestinian prisoners, or the Shin Bet, who arrested and imprisoned him. Over the 16 months that Mosab was in prison, the answer became clear, and this persuaded Mosab to go undercover for the Shin Bet. Gonen, whose code name was "Captain Loai," became Mosab's handler. Mosab's reports led to the arrests of several high-ranking Palestinian figures. As we worked together to prevent the deaths of hundreds of Israelis and Palestinians, the two of us became friends.

We believe that friendships like ours are key to eliminating hate and promoting the liberty that both our peoples so desperately desire.

Mosab converted to Christianity in 2005 and moved to California in 2007. America has a vision of a world where liberty reigns. When Mosab brought terrorists to justice while working undercover for the Shin Bet, he was American at heart, fighting for liberty and justice.

Mosab has lived in this country for more than two years. We were shocked when, in 2009, the Department of Homeland Security opposed his request for political asylum, all the more so when it threatened to deport Mosab in the name of protecting American security. If this decision is upheld, it will signal to the world that America does not stand by those who sacrifice to oppose terrorism. If America wants liberty to prevail in all places, it must not abandon those who share the ideals of freedom.

Gathering human intelligence in the war against terrorism will become impossible if the United States does not protect those who risk their lives on behalf of American values.

Mosab was born a son of Hamas, but he rejected his violent destiny and found the strength to choose a different path. But having left revenge behind, he faces possible deportation as payback for embracing the ideal of loving his enemy.

When an immigration judge in California decides about Mosab's future on Wednesday, the ramifications will be much greater than whether he is sent back to certain death anywhere in the Middle East. It is a decision about the future of liberty and about the best path to peace.

Whatever happens in San Diego, we hope that our story can be a bridge to peace. Peace is a state of mind and heart before it is a political reality. Our friendship is proof that hating hearts can change -- and that changed hearts are the only hope for liberty.

Mosab Hassan Yousef is the author of "Son of Hamas." Gonen ben Itzhak is a former Israeli intelligence operative.





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ISRAEL: THE ETERNAL VICTIM

 


ISRAEL: THE ETERNAL VICTIM

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ANALYSIS: The Victim that is Israel

By Arun Gupta*

ILLUSTRATION: FRANK REYNOSO
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Amid the continuing fallout over the deadly confrontation on the Gaza aid ship, the Mavi Marmara, there is a critical historical lesson: There is only one real victim, and that is Israel. Sure, the "small, isolated" (WSJ, 6/1/10) nation may appear to have been the aggressor, having surrounded a humanitarian convoy in international waters with naval assault boats and helicopters before storming in with heavily armed elite forces killing and wounding dozens of civilians, but it was the one acting in self-defense.

Appearances are deceiving because understanding Israel's eternal victimhood requires the proper mindset. First, The New Republic lets us know, the incident involved "a ship of terrorists" attempting "to open an arms importation route to Gaza" (6/9/10). With that fact established, the Atlantic Monthly's Jeffrey Goldberg, who has been hanging "around a lot of Israeli generals lately," kindly advises us that there should be "no particular pain felt for the dead on the boat."

On the other hand, "There's real pain in Israel … pain at the humiliation of the flotilla raid, pain on behalf of the injured soldiers, and pain that the geniuses who run this country could not figure out a way to outsmart a bunch of Turkish Islamists and their useful idiot fellow travelers" (6/1/10). The White House sees no point in condemning Israel's killing of civilians in the flotilla because "nothing can bring them back" (briefing by U.S. Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, 6/1/10). Hillary Clinton (Village Voice, 6/12/05) provides further insight, explaining how benighted Arabs who "are not sure what democracy means" should look to Israel — "a beacon of democracy" — as an example. Clearly, Israelis are the only true humans worthy of our sympathy, a point the Washington Post understands, stating, "We have no sympathy for the motives of the participants in the flotilla" (6/1/10).

Why should one try to ease suffering in Gaza? Israel is a "peaceloving society" (Educational Review Journal, forthcoming) that offered to escort the flotilla of "naïveté and malice" (slate.com, 6/4/10) to the "Ashdod Port and arrange for the delivery of their supplies to Gaza after security checks, over land" (Jerusalem Post, 6/1/10). It was just trying to prevent "the flow of seaborne military supplies to Hamas," the Israeli ambassador wrote in The New York Times (6/2/10). After all, Israel was only asking to search the flotilla's cargo for banned "war materiel" (NYT, 6/6/10) such as coriander, ginger, nutmeg, dried fruit, fabric for clothing, nuts, musical instruments, chickens, donkeys, horses, fishing rods and newspapers (Economist, 6/1/10).

Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer comprehends that "the point understood by the blockade-busting flotilla of useful idiots and terror sympathizers … is to deprive Israel of any legitimate form of self-defense" (6/4/10). Krauthammer deduces brilliantly, "The world is tired of these troublesome Jews, 6 million — that number again — hard by the Mediterranean, refusing every invitation to national suicide. For which they are relentlessly demonized, ghettoized and constrained from defending themselves, even as the more committed anti-Zionists — Iranian in particular — openly prepare a more final solution." As night follows day, if Israel let the aid flotilla reach Gaza, a second Holocaust would result.

Only Israel has "legitimate security needs," as Hillary Clinton explains (Reuters, 6/1/10), whereas Palestinians' "legitimate needs" are limited to "sustained humanitarian assistance and regular access to reconstruction materials." Because Palestinians "are not sure what democracy means," their needs do not include an end to the siege, basic human rights or a viable state.

Reports about Israel's yearslong siege of Gaza — where "more than 60 percent of families do not have enough food to eat, there are daily electricity cuts, and the water network is operating far below capacity" (Oxfam press release, 5/31/10) — are irrelevant. Sure, Israeli policy may be to "put the Palestinians on a diet" (Guardian, 5/16/06), fulfilling Army chief Gen. Rafeal Eitan's longing to turn Arabs into "drugged cockroaches in a bottle" (Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, 2/05), but in actuality the "humanitarian situation in Gaza is good and stable" (AFP, 5/26/10), and people there dine out on "beef stroganoff and cream of spinach soup." In any case, "concern for Gaza and Israel's blockade is so out of balance," counsels Thomas Friedman (NYT, 6/1/10). He suggests we focus instead on the bombings of mosques of an Islamic sect in Pakistan, the killings of activists in Iran and the trashing of a children's summer camp in Gaza.

But noble-minded Israel still shows concern. Just as it is always seeking peace with hostile Arab neighbors bent on annihilating it, Israel was willing to deliver supplies that are in abundance in Gaza (JPost, 6/1/10) despite the "Gazan terrorists [in charge] who proclaim their goal is to destroy Israel" (thedailybeast.com, 5/31/10). So "if anyone goes without food, shelter or medicine, that is by the choice of the Hamas government" (NYT, 6/2/10). But the flotilla sabotaged Israel's goodwill.

It's another example of how Israel is victimized, just as when it selflessly disengaged from Gaza in 2005. But Israel's generosity, including firing more than 7,700 artillery shells into northern Gaza in less than a year after its withdrawal (Human Rights Watch, 6/19/06), was met with Hamas rockets (Democracy Now!, 1/5/09), which is why one senior Israeli official threatened Palestinians with a "bigger shoah" (Haaretz, 2/29/08). Then there are "Hamas sympathizers" (WSJ, 6/7/10) who ask why, if Israel disengaged from Gaza, does it still control its coast, airspace, borders, commerce, fuel, water and electricity (PLO Negotiations Affairs Department website); why have Israel and the United States rejected Palestinian and Arab offers of a two-state solution based on the 1967 borders for some 40 years (DN!, 11/27/07); and why has Israel sabotaged virtually every cease fire (Haaretz, 12/3/06) Fatah and Hamas have agreed to in recent years, even unilateral ones.

These misperceptions persist because those who hold them fail to comprehend that Israel only "responds" (tomdispatch.com, 2/26/08) to attacks from the subhuman Arabs. Now we can correctly perceive the confrontation between Israel and the Gaza aid flotilla. The United States and United Kingdom understand the issue as Israel's right to defend itself. The question we should be asking is how naïve, little Israel was outsmarted by "Islamists and their useful idiot fellow travelers," who were responsible for and welcomed the bloodshed. The flotilla "aimed to provoke a confrontation" and was intended "'to break' Israel's blockade of Gaza," noted Leslie Gelb (thedailybeast.com, 5/31/10), the dean of the U.S. foreign policy establishment, echoing the line from Fox News (Newsbusters, 5/31/10) to The Washington Post (6/1/10). The paper of record (NYT, 6/1/10) indicated that organizers wanted to provoke a "violent response from Israel," agreeing with the Jerusalem Post (6/1/10), which stated the "'peace militants' … attacked the soldiers who boarded the ship with guns, iron bars and knives and led to the dire results they were looking for." This fact did not escape the Obama White House, with one "senior" official saying, "the organizers of the flotilla were clearly seeking a confrontation — and tragically they got one" (Reuters, 6/1/10).

Ever restrained, the Jerusalem Post (6/1/10) connects the dots. Because the "peace militants' … hatred towards Israel knows no bounds," and they "wanted to cause some damage, no matter the cost for them," they are like suicide bombers because "the aim justifies the means." If the lesson is still unclear, Max Boot, Leslie Gelb's colleague on the Council of Foreign Relations, spells it out in the Wall Street Journal (6/1/10). The "blood was on the hand of the pro-Hamas activists" because "Israel, like the United States and other democratic nations, is at a severe disadvantage trying to combat a ruthless foe willing to sacrifice its own people to score propaganda points." Boot may be too generous in calling the activists "pro-Hamas," however. The Israeli ambassador reveals they are actually Hamas' "sponsors [who] cower behind shipments of seemingly innocent aid" (NYT, 6/2/10).

Although the passengers included European legislators, U.S. diplomats, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Israelis, doctors, clergy and journalists from around the world, Israel was not battling civilians on a "mission of mercy," writes the great humanitarian Marty Peretz (TNR, 6/1/10). In fact, the Turkish sponsor, the Humanitarian Relief Fund, "is said to have ties to Al Qaeda. Which would be logical since Al Qaeda is an ally of Hamas." Furthermore, Peretz illuminates, Hamas is the "Gazan outpost of the global jihad" and "second cousin once-removed of Hezbollah." Thus, in stopping the aid flotilla, Israel was really combating a branch of the devious global jihad that hates the West without reason. (Hamas is also "an Iranian pawn" (NYT, 1/12/09), which may seem confusing because Iran and Al Qaeda are fierce enemies, as are Hamas and Al Qaeda (The Guardian 8/15/09), but such are the complexities of the Middle East that only experts like Peretz can divine.)

Prior to the deadly attack, there were eight previous attempts (CSM 5/28/10) to deliver aid by sea, including ships that Israel chose not to confront and which delivered goods to Gaza without incident (Palestine Free Voice Aug. 2008). The Israeli navy spent "many weeks … preparing to meet the flotilla" (Haaretz, 6/1/10), the military admitted three days before the raid that it planned to use violence (maxblumenthal.com, 6/4/10), and the Israelis warned the captains of each ship while in international waters that "lethal force would be used if they persisted" (DN!, 6/9/10). Despite this, we learn from the Wall Street Journal, Israel "walked into a trap set by a flotilla of Hamas sympathizers" (6/7/10); from The New York Times, it "blundered" (6/2/10) into a trap; from the L.A. Times, it "fell into a trap" (6/2/10); from the Financial Times, it "sail[ed] into a Turkish trap (6/6/10); and from the Guardian, it was "lure[d] … into a trap" (6/1/10).

If it seems curious that prominent media all conclude that golden-hearted Israel was duped, such is the "blatant double standard" (NYT, 6/1/10; Mail & Guardian, 6/9/10; WSJ, 6/3/10) applied to the Jewish state that "is destined and compelled, like a puppet on a string, to react the way it did" (The Guardian, 6/1/10).

The task at this point would appear to be disentangling what happened during the actual raid. For instance, why were the "outnumbered, under-equipped and incorrectly prepared commandos" (Jerusalem Post, 6/1/10) — who also happen to be "the best trained and most effective in the world" (Haaretz, 6/1/10) — "taken off guard by a group of Arabic-speaking men" (AP, 5/31/10) when the soldiers rappelled onto the deck? Or why has one journalist, Max Blumenthal, been able to force Israeli officials to admit they doctored photos and audio clips released after the raid or show they falsely claimed that five passengers on the Mavi Marmara were "active terror operatives"?

Why have eyewitnesses on the Mavi Marmara said "live ammunition was fired before any Israeli soldier was on deck," and "The Israeli navy fired on the ships five minutes before commandos descended from ropes that dangled from helicopters" (freegaza.org, 6/7/10)? There are also the 81 questions that Israeli peace activist Uri Avnery has compiled, such as why is Israel claiming Gaza's territorial waters are part of Israel's territorial waters when it has "separated" from it; why were five people on the Mavi Marmara shot in the back; "what is the source of the lie that the Turks called out 'Go back to Auschwitz'"; and "who invented the story that the activists had brought with them deadly weapons" (Ma'an News Agency, 6/12/10)?

All these questions miss the point. Israel is still the victim, even if it's a "self-inflicted wound," so say The New York Times (6/1/10) and Los Angeles Times (6/2/10). You see, Israel made the mistake of trying to justify its actions with evidence. It forgot that reality has a well-known terrorist bias. When the facts sympathize with Hamas, terrorists and drugged cockroaches, Israel needs to dispense with the facts. Because we know Israel is the eternal victim, that is all we need to know. All that matters is how Israel says it perceives the situation.

Arie Lova, Eliav, one of the "granddaddies of the Israeli Left" and a founder of Labor Party, who died literally hours before the raid on the flotilla, put it best in an interview six years ago, saying, "We acted as they would have done to us" (Jerusalem Post, 6/1/10). While he was speaking about Israel's founding war of aggression, the statement justifies every Israeli atrocity since 1947 and any future one. Since Israel is confronting "ruthless, indiscriminate animals" (CNN, 7/20/06), its response is only limited by the imagination. After all, according to the Obama administration, "the president has always said it will be much easier for Israel to make peace if Israel feels secure" (abc.com, 6/1/10). And how does Israel feel? "Israel has long seen itself as the Alamo, a fortress under the siege," a former U.S. ambassador to Israel explains (WP, 6/6/10).

We come to one of the most important principles of the Middle East conflict: While we should treat Israeli perceptions as reality, Palestinians' reality is just perception that is up for debate. For example, "Palestinians say the restrictions on food imports and construction materials have created a humanitarian crisis" (BusinessWeek, 6/7/10).

So the next time there is news about Israel killing activists, massacring children, bombing a refugee camp or perhaps obliterating an entire country, there is no need to pay attention to the "facts." The only reality you should consider is that Israel, the eternal victim that will never feel secure, is just responding to some terrorist's outrage. And once the last "ruthless, indiscriminate animal" is exterminated, there will be "peace."

*Arun K. Gupta - A founding editor of The Indypendent, Arun Gupta writes about energy, the economy, the media, U.S. foreign policy, the politics of food and other subjects for The Indypendent, Z Magazine, Left Turn and Alternet. Gupta is a regular commentator on Democracy Now! and GritTV with Laura Flanders. He's writing a book on the decline of American Empire to be published by Haymarket Books. From 1989 to 1992 he was an international news editor at the Guardian Newsweekly.

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