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Posted in: Cynthia McKinney's 'Letter From An Israeli Jail'
07/07/09 04:39 PM
I'm surprised this article doesn't mention that the last time Ms. McKinney and associates tried to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza, Israeli boats rammed her vessel and very nearly sank it. (Hardly a sign of Israel's good faith about getting food and medicine to suffering Gazans.) The article also fails to mention the continuing objections of the local UN Rapporteur to Israel's blockade, or the fact that even the US has criticized Israel's interference with humanitarian aid to Gaza. Finally, since the article repeatedly mocks and mangles Ms. McKinney's comments, I think one is worth quoting in full: "Zionism has surely run out of its last legitimacy if this is what it does to people who believe so deeply in human rights for all that they put their own lives on the line for someone else's children. Israel is the fullest expression of Zionism, but if Israel fears for its security because Gaza's children have crayons then not only has Israel lost its last shred of legitimacy, but Israel must be declared a failed state." This -- apart from the slaughter of civilians, the use by Israel of Palestinians, including children, as human shields (Amnesty International), the indiscriminate bombing, the destruction of schools and medical facilities, the deliberate deprivation of food, the refusal to allow the rebuilding of homes -- is what Israel's defenders must respond to if they want to support its record in Gaza. Can they? Michael Lesher
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