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February 25, 2004

Adult Israeli settlers: Pieces of dirt

Adult Israeli settlers are perhaps of the most hated creatures on earth. They live under the protection of one of the most powerful and anti-human armies in the world and in places that don't belong to them. They are free to have and carry guns with them. And every now and then they start target-practicing on the true owners of the land they have stolen; the Palestinians. In the most recent incident, a few of these animals opened fire on Palestinian shepherds but although they admitted of what they did, Israeli court ordered their release. Here is what is reported by Israeli newspaper Haaretz.

And speaking of Settlers, here is what Charley Reese says about them in particular and Us policies in middle east in general. Here are some highlights of the article:

"U.S. policy toward the most destabilizing factor in the Middle East, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, is to support Israel and to never offend the Israeli lobby.... ."
"...For example, they do not call things by their correct names. East Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza are not "disputed territories," nor are they Judea and Samaria. They are occupied territories. They were occupied by Israel in the 1967 war. There is a long-standing United Nations Security Council resolution calling on Israel to return those territories to the Palestinians.
The proper name for Jewish settlements in the occupied territory is "illegal" settlements. The Geneva Accords, to which Israel is a signatory, forbid the settlement of occupied territory, as well as the expulsion of the native population...."
"Another rhetorical device American politicians — without a doubt the most cowardly in the world — hide behind is the proposition that the "parties involved must reach a settlement." This is the equivalent of a cop showing up at the door of a family whose 6-year-old daughter has been raped and saying, "Your daughter and her rapist will have to work this out between themselves...."
"You will note that all of the Democratic candidates avoid talking about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, or if they can't avoid it, they make the ritualistic pledge of undying support for Israel.
This is no way for a great power to act. The effect of this enormous act of political cowardice on the American people is that we will have to live with the terrorism it has already spawned and will continue to spawn for generations and generations to come. The price of American political cowardice is the blood of innocent people."
Read the rest here.

Thanks to Foad at Made In Iran, for pointing to this article from Reese.

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