Comments on: Israel Faces the Gaza Aftermath http://dissidentvoice.org/2009/01/israel-faces-the-gaza-aftermath/ a radical newsletter in the struggle for peace and social justice Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:07:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Brian Koontz http://dissidentvoice.org/2009/01/israel-faces-the-gaza-aftermath/#comment-37308 Brian Koontz Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:17:54 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/?p=6411#comment-37308 Thanks for the article reference, George. Here's the link to Finkelstein's fine piece: http://www.imemc.org/article/58611. Thanks for the article reference, George. Here’s the link to Finkelstein’s fine piece: http://www.imemc.org/article/58611.

]]> By: George Watts http://dissidentvoice.org/2009/01/israel-faces-the-gaza-aftermath/#comment-37277 George Watts Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:40:31 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/?p=6411#comment-37277 What is presented in this article is generally correct. However, the most complete analysis I have heard on this subject and current situation came from none other than the person who many consider to be the world's premier expert on the Israel/Palestine conflict: Norman Finkelstein. In his most recent article "Foiling Another Palestinian "Peace Offensive": Behind the bloodbath in Gaza," he details how Israel has systematically destroyed any political movements that are both a) unifying among the Palestinians and b) in favor of the two state solution. Any such movement, from a Zionist perspective, is seen as a threat to Israel's illegal gradual annexation of the West Bank. Hamas was dangerously close to being both and therefore needed to be taken out. Obviously the massacre in Gaza has nothing to do with a few ineffectual homemade rockets. This was a "war" of choice by Israel. They planned it six months ago. They intentionally broke what had been a successful ceasefire on Nov. 4. Then all they had to do was wait for the inevitable retaliation in order to carry out their plan of destroying an elected government and further radicalizing the population that were just too close to being receptive to the International consensus of the two-state solution and lasting peace. What is presented in this article is generally correct. However, the most complete analysis I have heard on this subject and current situation came from none other than the person who many consider to be the world’s premier expert on the Israel/Palestine conflict: Norman Finkelstein. In his most recent article “Foiling Another Palestinian “Peace Offensive”: Behind the bloodbath in Gaza,” he details how Israel has systematically destroyed any political movements that are both a) unifying among the Palestinians and b) in favor of the two state solution. Any such movement, from a Zionist perspective, is seen as a threat to Israel’s illegal gradual annexation of the West Bank. Hamas was dangerously close to being both and therefore needed to be taken out.

Obviously the massacre in Gaza has nothing to do with a few ineffectual homemade rockets. This was a “war” of choice by Israel. They planned it six months ago. They intentionally broke what had been a successful ceasefire on Nov. 4. Then all they had to do was wait for the inevitable retaliation in order to carry out their plan of destroying an elected government and further radicalizing the population that were just too close to being receptive to the International consensus of the two-state solution and lasting peace.

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