Sunday, May 18, 2003
Watching the Dispatches program on Channel 4 about life in Gaza. It's probably one of the most harrowing things I've seen for ages. It's not 'balanced', because Israeli foreign policy makes such a concept laughable. Children blinded, mourners crippled, foreign nationals shot at. An Israeli army official claims they are only going after terrorists, yet the evidence here would seem to contradict that.
There are two choices. Israel can try to make peace with the Palestinians, neither side can claim any moral superiority here. Or, they can exterminate the Palestinian people. They could well achieve this thanks to the help from the West, but in doing so it will cause the deaths of many more innocent Israelis before they are done.
The program will be reshown at 4:25 a.m. on Wednesday. If you haven't seen it you should. Based on what happened last time TV tackled this subject Channel 4 need to be supported in this as they'll probably get hate mail for suggesting that not all people in Gaza are actually terrorists intent on overthrowing the Israeli state.
There are two choices. Israel can try to make peace with the Palestinians, neither side can claim any moral superiority here. Or, they can exterminate the Palestinian people. They could well achieve this thanks to the help from the West, but in doing so it will cause the deaths of many more innocent Israelis before they are done.
The program will be reshown at 4:25 a.m. on Wednesday. If you haven't seen it you should. Based on what happened last time TV tackled this subject Channel 4 need to be supported in this as they'll probably get hate mail for suggesting that not all people in Gaza are actually terrorists intent on overthrowing the Israeli state.
