AVW, you continue with your blindness as to what is going on in the world. Do you want everyone in the world to be as ignorant as you are?

Is revealing to the world that the imperial U.S. has killed between 20-30 million people since WW2 hate-speak or merely alerting people to the facts (Google it if you don't believe me).

Is revealing the sixty-year old plight of the Palestinians hate-speak or just revealing the despicable, psychopathic nature of the Israelis who, foolishly, are trying to re-establish an anachronistic, 2-3 thousand year old primitive culture.

An excellent and truthful article Henry.Israel is a rogue state holding the West to ransom with their threat of 200+ nukes, yet North Korea is demonised along with Iran that has no nukes?

Is this not the definition of cognitive dissonance?

Am I hearing a call for the ethical supply of weapons?

Perhaps feather pillows?

David G:

There is really no need to google anything, I am sure you are correct – there are other people out there with extreme views such as yours who are willing to go to any length to portray the US and Israel as the most evil countries on earth. All it takes is some creativity in pinning all the world conflicts on either the US or Israel, while ignoring the role of the real culprits. I am curious though how you reached that particular figure of 20-30 million.

As for the 60-year old plight of the Palestinian Arabs, you need to remember that it is mostly of their own making, having refused settlements time and time again, from the 1930s to the present day. The Israelis are trying to establish safe and secure borders for their country, not an anachronistic culture as you claim. I think you have them confused with the policy of Hamas.

Revealing the truth is not hate speak, but promoting a lie in order to denigrate certain countries is.

The siege of Gaza is not 'legal' in any way - note the Israeli NGO Gisha's legal analysis of this closure:
"Gisha's position is that the closure is illegal because it punishes civilians in the Gaza Strip for
acts they did not commit and for political circumstances beyond their control. The closure
inflicts harm to the civilian population and civilian institutions by blocking the passage of
goods necessary for health, well-being, and economic life. The closure infringes on the right
to freedom of movement and thereby violates other rights for which freedom of movement
is a precondition, such as the right to health, to education, to family life, and to access
economic opportunities. "(http://www.gisha.org/userfiles/File/publications/GazaClosureDefinedEng.pdf)
These lawyers take cases to the Israeli courts daily and are documenting the abuses of international law. We will wait to see Israeli war criminals in the Hague. Sabra and other apologists for Israel's warcrimes in Gaza are blind to the fact that the whole civilian population is on the verge of starvation and WHO figures show a huge increase in malnutrition.
Vicious collective punishment of Gazans will never bring peace.

David G,

"Is revealing to the world that the imperial U.S. has killed between 20-30 million people since WW2 hate-speak" No, it is fantasy, similar to revealing to the world that your uncle is an alien. I did google the casualties in the various conflicts and could not anywhere near.

FG,

As Hamas, considers itself at war with Israel, and continues hostile actions, a blockade is the least aggressive action that Israel could take to protect its people.