-- another 4713 students injured and 1389 detained;
-- 2,329,659 dunums of confiscated land;
-- another 73,613 dunums of razed land plus 1,355,290 uprooted trees; and
-- 7761 demolished homes and another 93,842 damaged.
This was a five-year toll. The six-decade holocaust is incalculable. It will take generations to heal and renew. For now, conditions continue to worsen. They can no longer be tolerated. In Israel's 60th year, the world no longer can wait.
Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago and can be reached at lendmanstephen@sbcglobal.net.
Also visit his blog site at sjlendman.blogspot.com and listen to The Global Research News Hour on RepublicBroadcasting.org Mondays from 11AM - 1PM US Central time for cutting edge discussions with distinguished guests.
I am a 72 year old, retired, progressive small businessman concerned about all the major national and world issues, committed to speak out and write about them.
After growing up as an admirer of plucky Israel, I am compelled to say that Israel's occupation of those terrotories it captured in 1967 has degenerated into a slow form of genocide.
It is decidely NOT pretty. Israel look at yourself in a mirror and see what you have become.
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kwalsh (1 articles, 0 quicklinks, 3 diaries, 139 comments)
on Friday, May 9, 2008 at 12:56:01 AM
