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The United States bears much of the blame
for the ongoing bloodshed in the Gaza Strip
and nearby parts of Israel. Indeed, were it
not for misguided Israeli and American
policies, Hamas would not be in control of
the territory in the first place...
... M.J. Rosenberg of the Israel Policy Center observed, "the fact is that Israeli (and American) right-wingers are rooting for the Palestinian extremists" since "supplanting ... Fatah with Islamic fundamentalists would prevent a situation under which Israel would be forced to negotiate with moderates." The problem, Avnery wrote at that time, is that "now, when it seems that this aim has been achieved, they have no idea what to do about the Hamas victory." Since then, the Israeli strategy has been to increase the blockade on the Gaza Strip, regardless of the disastrous humanitarian consequences, and more recently to launch devastating attacks that have killed hundreds of people, as many as one-quarter of whom have been civilians. The Bush administration and leaders of both parties in Congress have defended Israeli policies on the grounds that the extremist Hamas governs the territory. Yet no one seems willing to acknowledge the role the United States had in making it possible for Hamas to come to power in Gaza in the first place. America's Hidden Role in Hamas's Rise to PowerForeignPolicy: Click link above for full story from www.Alternet.org |
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Robert Fisk,
Independent UK. January 5, 2009. |
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Israel's Bombs Are Only the Latest Variation in the Killing of PalestiniansAli Abunimah, Comment Is Free. December 30, 2008.Deprived of food and medicine by an Israeli blockade, the most vulnerable Palestinians die silent deaths every day.
Joshua Frank, AlterNet. December 29,
2008. |
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