examinator, if you want to change the tone, you might address mebda's clear and specific criticisms of the original article, which was clearly the point of his/her post.

As if Israel needs to be dragged into a war. How delicious!

I found this article to be extremely
resonable and responsible. And I fully
agree with the two authors:

"...if we are to make some contribution towards a
just peace... we must join with Israelis such as
peace group Gush Shalom to condemn the
unprecedented terror being perpetrated by the
Israeli government against the people of Gaza."

Israel has brought these conditions upon itself
by its blockade of Gaza. They have created a
humanitarian crisis by its blockade. (A crisis which
even the Red Cross condemns). In not allowing
either basic essentials such as bread, or medical supplies,
into Gaza. I'm surprised that rockets are the only
weapons being used in retaliation

Dear Foxy... ur right :) we are about to disagree again.... but hopefully in a congenial manner.

I note your perspective on the events. You said
"Israel is at fault because of it's blockade."

but the Israelis say:
"We are blockading because of rockets"

You suggest that the rockets are some kind of retaliation for the blockade? At this point it almost becomes meaningless to debate the issue because it's kinda chicken and eggish no? If we focus just on the last side which did a bad thing, we can derive any perspective we like.. all we have to do is choose an event which supports our predisposed opinion don't we?

I'll be surprised if Logic does not enter the fray here as he has a very detailed time line on all these events.

I become weary of trying to work out who did what to whom and when, because no matter how well we think we have tied it down..... suddenly it comes unstuck with just one new fact.

EXAMPLE. Lowenstien quotes Haertez claim Israel broke the ceasefire by bombing a tunnel- buttttttt the tunnel itself is a breach of the ceasefire as it is being used to accumulate arms and weaponry.
So...it becomes very murkey and messy trying to decide who is right or wrong here. How many missiles can be smuggled through a tunnel?

Unfortunately, no matter which way the cake is cut, we cannot escape the underlying problem as illustrated by a sign at this Sydney '(Muslim)Prayer for Gaza' event. The sign said "Palestine is MUSLIM land, we will never surrender even a handspan of it"...note the sign did not say 'Palestinian' land..but 'MUSLIM'. That's the key to it all.

One could re-write this article under the title “Israel Distorted by Lowenstein’s and Slezak’s Lens”. The lives of 400,000 Israelis that live and work within the range of the Quassam rockets are threatened on a daily basis and their FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT is infringed as they are enforced to live on a daily basis in-and-out of shelters, which is a cardinal principle of human rights, and L and S with a sleigh of hand transform this threat and abrogation of freedom of movement into a failure of the media and of politicians to acknowledge the transgressor in this conflict which to them clearly is the terrorist government of Israel.

Guilty to the brim of his cup of consciousness that he does not support Israel in this deadly conflict, Lowenstein—as I don’t know whether Slezak too is a Jew—attempts to cover up his “turncoatedness” to Israel under the slogan of “TOUGH LOVE” and furtively place himself as a true friend of Israel. True friendship however is shown when friends rush along to help someone who is in a critical situation, like Israel is and has been for a long time. Lowenstein is no friend of Israel.

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Hi,

Nice article .I think it's got to the rediculous point where no-one should live in the Gaza strip and it should be just blotted out of existance.

NYK

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