49 online
 
Most Popular Choices
Share on Facebook 31 Printer Friendly Page More Sharing
OpEdNews Op Eds    H2'ed 11/16/12

"Let's be very clear where the onus lies".

By       (Page 2 of 2 pages) Become a premium member to see this article and all articles as one long page.   20 comments
Message Dave Lefcourt
Become a Fan
  (21 fans)

But in the U.S., the MSM (from now on to be referred as the corporate media) portrays the Palestinian's and Hamas, with no army, no air force or navy and no sophisticated weapons beyond conventional short range rockets, RPG's and hand held small arms as the aggressor against all powerful Israel.

The severely oppressed, besieged and occupied Palestinian's, like all other such peoples in history, under similar conditions and circumstances, just do not rise to a level that constitutes a threat to Israel.

Yet this is the propaganda we in the U.S. are constantly fed by our government and the corporate media as if it was the gospel.

When South Africa was ruled by the white apartheid government, our government and the corporate media sided with the oppressed black majority. That oppressed majority often committed acts of violence and rebellion against their oppressive government and its supporters but such acts weren't condemned in the U.S. They were considered the rightful response against a wrongful government and its apartheid policies.

It is no different for the Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank. They are illegally occupied people ruled over by the apartheid policies of the Israeli government.

All the world, except the U.S., recognizes Israel's illegal occupation of the Palestinians and the lands it seized as the victor in the 1967 war. The legal borders of Israel determined by the U.N. when it established the Israeli state in 1948 are the only legal boundaries of the country. All the other territory it now occupies was seized as the spoils of the 67' war and is held illegally.

Israel continues its acts of aggression with impunity only because of U.S. support.

  That's where the true "onus" lies.

 

Next Page  1  |  2

(Note: You can view every article as one long page if you sign up as an Advocate Member, or higher).

Well Said 2   Must Read 1   Supported 1  
Rate It | View Ratings

Dave Lefcourt Social Media Pages: Facebook page url on login Profile not filled in       Twitter page url on login Profile not filled in       Linkedin page url on login Profile not filled in       Instagram page url on login Profile not filled in

Retired. The author of "DECEIT AND EXCESS IN AMERICA, HOW THE MONEYED INTERESTS HAVE STOLEN AMERICA AND HOW WE CAN GET IT BACK", Authorhouse, 2009
Go To Commenting
The views expressed herein are the sole responsibility of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of this website or its editors.
Writers Guidelines

 
Contact AuthorContact Author Contact EditorContact Editor Author PageView Authors' Articles
Support OpEdNews

OpEdNews depends upon can't survive without your help.

If you value this article and the work of OpEdNews, please either Donate or Purchase a premium membership.

STAY IN THE KNOW
If you've enjoyed this, sign up for our daily or weekly newsletter to get lots of great progressive content.
Daily Weekly     OpEd News Newsletter
Name
Email
   (Opens new browser window)
 

Most Popular Articles by this Author:     (View All Most Popular Articles by this Author)

An Ominous Foreboding, Israel vs Iran

The Evolving Populist Political Rebellion in the Arab World

A Nuclear War Would Be Insane

The Rich Get Richer, the Poor Get Poorer, While the Middle Class Gets Decimated

CIA in the Crosshairs

Iran Offers 9 Point Plan to end Nuclear Crisis, U.S. "No thanks".

To View Comments or Join the Conversation:

Tell A Friend