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Israel and Gaza

Hey “Scoop”,

I see articles on Israel and Gaza all the time from you online. I’ve seen enough so here is my one communication to you.

This doesn’t fit with your worldview but I know facts are nuisances to ideologues like yourselves:

It’s simple. Yes, there is a siege. Why?

BECAUSE GAZANS FIRE ROCKETS INTO ISRAEL. EVERYWHERE THEY CAN. SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS, HOMES, MAKES NO DIFFERENCE TO THEM.

IF THE ROCKETS STOPPED THE SIEGE WOULD WIND DOWN AND STOP. SIMPLE. PERIOD.

I know, I know, you don’t want to talk about those damn rockets. “Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain”. Those damn rockets, ignore them. They get in the way of your narrative of Arabs as victims.

You’re so smart? Think. Is it in Israel’s interest to keep Gaza poor and thus ripe for political unrest and radicalism? Is it in Israel’s interest to open itself to yet more world criticism? Does Gaza itself pose a significant military threat to the mighty Israel Defense Forces making a siege desirable or even necessary? Is it a necessary prelude to invasion [and a “prelude” lasting years and marked with its own civilians under daily threat] – is that a conceivable military or political strategy? Does the siege serve some grander strategic design of Israel other than self-defense of its civilians?

So whose interest does the siege serve? How about Hamas? They are clear that they have no interest in compromise or peace. At the top of their priorities is war with Israel and the siege serves them nicely with their own people poor and angry and their anger diverted from their own failings [to Israel, of course] plus the all-too-ready worldwide support from people like you who are either fools or have an even more sinister agenda [more on that below].

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But would/should Israel do nothing while its children live in fear of bombs from the sky? Your answer is “yes”. F#@! you!

Israel pulled out of Gaza COMPLETELY in 2005, painfully wrenching Jewish settlers from their homes in the process. It was painful but necessary and Israel did it. Remember this annoying little fact? But you won’t let facts get in your way, I know. And the Prime Minister who did this was an Israeli “hawk”, Ariel Sharon no less.

2005. Israel wants Gaza to “live and let live”. Not a love affair on either side, I’ll grant you, but “live and let live”. What does Gaza and Hamas do with its chance at independence? Build more schools, homes, clinics? No, it smuggles in weapons. It’s the old story: instead of loving their own children they’re too busy hating the Jews. Better lives for themselves be damned.

Now, I’ll cross into inflammatory ground which will infuriate you, but sorry, if one hits an inflamed nerve the pain is exquisite. Your anger will simply mean I hit paydirt. So why your obsession with Israel? There is enough suffering in this world to take up a new story in your paper every day of the year.

So why Israel so much? ANTI-SEMITISM?

Call you anti-Semites? How dare I?

How dare I? Because, you sure pay a lot of attention to Israel and as Shakespeare said, “Methinks the man doth protest too much”. Freud called it a “reaction formation”. If you hold Israel to a different standard, or, more to the point, deep in your heart you resent those Jews having their own country, then yes, I do dare.

Call you anti-Semites? TOUGH! If the shoe fits, wear it.

Back to the siege. It’s bad, sad, and unnecessary. You want to stop it? Is that what you REALLY really want? Is that ALL you really want? Hmm? Hmm.

IF, that’s all you REALLY want then tell the hate-consumed Gazans to worry more about themselves first, rather than those evil Zionists. Instead of filling their day trying to destroy Israel how about building what they DO have? Build Gaza. [Those evil Jews might even eventually help – imagine that!].

If stopping the siege is all you really want, I’m with you. 100%. Here’s the recipe:

STOP THE ROCKETS AND THE SIEGE WILL STOP.

However if what you really want is something else, like, say, dismantling that evil Israel, then my anti-Semitic enemies, I see you. You LOVE the siege. It gives you energy. Keep screaming all you want. Because then it’s you or us. And one thing you and I can agree about those annoying Jews – they will fight. Since 1948.

Israel wants peace but will defend itself!

By the way, the same goes for the West Bank Palestinians. They can choose compromise and peace, or war and continued misery. Israel WILL compromise. Israel MUST compromise. Especially with the Palestinians.

Will your Arab friends compromise?

The choice is theirs.

Perry Zuckerman
Los Angeles

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