[R-G] Israel defying standards of civilization

[Anthony Fenton]

Israel defying standards of civilization
January 20, 2009 00:03:00
Philippine Daily Inquirer
http://www.inquirer.net/specialfeatures/thesoutherncampaign/view.php?db=1&article=20090120-184346

Israel’s sense of exceptionalism is a bone that sticks in the throat  
of modern society. Israel’s arrogant defiance of all standards of  
civilization for the past 60 years has inevitably led to the collapse  
of the ideals that the world has so uselessly espoused these past years.

Conflict resolution, multiculturalism, democratization, inter-faith  
dialogue and so on and so forth do not mean anything to Israel and her  
supporters. How then can they be of use to the rest of the world?

With the big powers doing nothing, with shameless Arab leaders content  
in their humiliation and with Pope Benedict XVI’s plea ringing like a  
cry in the wilderness, a question comes to mind: Where are the ideals  
the world so hypocritically espoused amid Israel’s exceptionalism?

Where is Barack Obama? Where’s Obama’s promise of change in America  
and the world in the face of Israel’s onslaught on Gaza? If Obama’s  
silence over the massacre of Palestinians by the Israeli is any  
indication, it could only mean that the United States has become  
complicit with the war to exterminate a people. The silence of Obama  
shows how US foreign policy in the Middle East will be held hostage by  
Israel in the years to come. How can four Israeli deaths justify the  
massacre of hundreds of Palestinians and the wounding of many more,  
and the destruction of communities in Gaza?

With Israel playing Goliath to Gaza, how can the Israeli be the  
victims and the Palestinians the culprits? How can the world media be  
so unfair? How can world leaders be so complicit with Israel? How can  
people be so heartless doing nothing to stop the acts of terrorism  
being perpetrated by Israel on the Palestinian people?

JULKIPLI WADI (via email)