“We need to flatten entire neighbourhoods in Gaza, flatten all of Gaza;
the Americans did not stop with Hiroshima, because the Japanese weren’t
surrendering fast enough, so they hit Nagasaki too” (Gilad Sharon son of Ariel Sharon, OP
Ed in The Jerusalem Post)
“There are no
innocents in Gaza.... Turn it into rubble! Paint it
red!” (Michael Ben-Ari Knesset member)
Consider how the West would have
reacted, if Iran was behaving like the Israelis. They would not be pleading for
restraint; instead there would be an outcry, with threats of military action,
and instant UN sanctions imposed. History seems to support the notion that Israel
will always get preferential treatment, no matter what it does. Hence, the blatant
media bias in the West, combined with the unquestionable vocal support it receives
from Westerns leaders. Accordingly, they have simply echoed the Israel
propaganda: Hamas started this conflict with their rockets and Israel is merely
acting in self-defence.
The British Foreign Secretary,
William Hague, blamed Hamas and supported Israel’s right to issue collective
punishment on the citizens of Gaza. According to that sort of logic, the
British government would have bombed the Catholics in Ireland for the actions
of the IRA (Irish Republic Army). Yet, the British Foreign Minister was quick
to endorse, Israel can do what the UK would not even contemplate! In tune with
this sort of hypocrisy, western leaders continuously lecture about Israel’s
security whilst ignoring the fact that the Palestinians have no security.
