The Case for Israel, by Israel

Gabriel Ash, www.dissidentvoice.org

... The clamor did not rise because Israel killed civilians. Israel kills civilians every day, if not in Lebanon than in Nablus, and if not in Nablus, in Gaza. But to kill so many people at once, with such frightening efficiency, that deserves at least five points and the driver’s license revoked for three months. It was the bathos of Egyptian PM Mubarak that hit on the most telling description of the offense when he called Israel’s behavior "irresponsible." In the metaphoric highways of the global order, killing the poor and brown residents of places like Qana is not in itself extraordinary...

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