http://www.inthesetimes.com/issue/26/04/news1.shtml
The Enemy Within
Israel's gravest danger is not the Palestinians
by Neve Gordon
(excerpt)
Jerusalem—Ariel Sharon appears determined to wreak havoc on the
Palestinian Authority. Events in December suggest that the Israeli
prime minister's strategy may be to unseat Yasser Arafat in the hope
of precipitating an inner Palestinian conflict, perhaps even a civil
war. Israel, so the twisted logic goes, can then help set up a puppet
government while changing the West Bank's territorial demarcation—the
Lebanon debacle revisited.
"For Israel, September 11 was a Hanukkah Miracle," Israeli political
and security officials recently told the newspaper Ha'aretz. Thousands
of American fatalities are considered a godsend—in this cynical
world—simply because their deaths helped shift international pressure
from Israel onto the Palestinians, while allowing the Israeli
government to pursue its regional objectives unobstructed. And indeed,
in the past months, the United States has unfalteringly supported all
of Israel's actions.
Neve Gordon teaches politics at Ben-Gurion University in Israel and
can be reached at ngordon@bgumail.bgu.ac.il.
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| User: "Steven Douglas" |
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| Title: Re: 9/11 was a Hanukkah Miracle |
13 Jan 2004 01:06:36 AM |
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(jha_amin) wrote in message news:<33b7880.0401121621.17b290d1@posting.google.com>...
http://www.inthesetimes.com/issue/26/04/news1.shtml
Neve Gordon teaches politics at Ben-Gurion University in Israel and
can be reached at ngordon@bgumail.bgu.ac.il.
Isn't freedom marvelous? Isn't it absolutely fascinating that someone
who teaches politics in Israel has the freedom to write an article
critical of the Israeli government? Yes, freedom of speech is a
wonderful thing.
I wonder what would happen to a Palestinian who wrote an article
critical of Arafat?
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| User: "Steven Douglas" |
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13 Jan 2004 01:33:45 AM |
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(jha_amin) wrote in message news:<33b7880.0401121621.17b290d1@posting.google.com>...
http://www.inthesetimes.com/issue/26/04/news1.shtml
And indeed, in the past months, the United States has unfalteringly
supported all of Israel's actions.
That's not true. Unfalteringly? Maybe without that word the line would
work, but instead the author has lost credibility. In fact, in the
past months, the Bush administration has been critical of some Israeli
tactics -- causing some U.S. conservative commentators to be critical
of Bush.
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| User: "Hitman of Las Vegas" |
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| Title: Re: 9/11 was a Hanukkah Miracle |
12 Jan 2004 06:19:12 PM |
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Hey, hold the phone! Hanukkah isn't in September!
On 12 Jan 2004 16:21:10 -0800, (jha_amin) wrote:
"For Israel, September 11 was a Hanukkah Miracle,"
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