Whatever

This is truly the last time I shall comment on Israel, promise.

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I've truly tired of this country, as I'm sure many others have. As far as I'm concerned, if there is a single nation on earth truly capable of starting World War III out of sheer truculence and a piss-poor attitude, it is the Jewish state. It is amazing how not only Israeli leaders but Israeli citizens (and untold millions of supporters around the world), too, cannot conceive of said country doing harm to anyone. It doesn't matter that we now begin seeing, especially through the work of what are called The New (Israeli) Historians, that the state in question was founded upon planned ethnic cleansing. And it doesn't matter when a UN panel -or any other panel, for that matter- headed by a respected Jewish jurist finds Israeli leaders to have acted like war criminals: fuck it!, Israel can do whatever it wishes, and always hide behind the "we're defending ourselves" bullshit they've been uttering since 1948. And I say it's bullshit because, if it were true, the Jewish state would at least make an effort, which it never has, to not provoke or, worst, not start every war it's ever been involved in.

It is fast becoming an academic question whether or not those who founded and, since '48, ran Israel sought to ethnically cleanse the land, or to make a Palestinian state inviable. For even if we don't see a purely Jewish state (which, let's face it, is not an ethnic question, since Judaism is a religion, not a race or ethnicity), Palestinian statehood and Palestinian dignity are now (and have arguably been for a long time) an impossibility. Even if the US and, to a lesser extent, Western Europe, were to withdraw their financial and military support; and even if Arab (and Iranian) leaders were to somehow magically become even merely competent, Palestine and Palestinians are fucked (and it would be wise to mention the share of blame one can lay at Palestians' doorstep for their current state of affairs, since the leaders they have followed, whether optionally or not, either consisted of Nazi sympathizers, gangsters, religious fanatics, or those who were/are simply too bewildered to a decent job).

Eventually, most Arab states will be bribed into peace with Israel, very much like what happened with Egypt and Jordan. It won't, of course, be a real peace; the peace that Egypt and Jordan have with the Jewish state will only exist as long as these Arab states are ruled with an iron fist. But it will be enough for the Western world to congratulate itself endlessly and for Israelis to fool themselves into believing that they were indeed always looking for peace, and that it was those goddamn fucking sand niggers that continuously kept postponing the dream.

Like I said, whatever; I'm gonna go write about Michael Bolton or something, it'll be much more productive than commenting on a fixed game with inevitable results. So fuck Israel and the US for it's blind, unwavering support, fuck the Arab world for being so incredibly incompetent and inert, and a symbolic candle to Palestinians, who are fucked beyond return.

Our Favorite Uncle, at it Again

So the US got censured by the UN again; this time, the big no-no was waterboarding. And, as usual, it is highly likely the US government, a large portion of its population, and an even bigger swath of its political class don't give a flying fart. After all, we're talking about a country that has sent it's foreign prisoners to Egypt and Syria (yes, Syria) to be "questioned". Human Rights Watch just stated on 1 February that the US and Britain were being hypocritical when it came to dictators, despots, flawed polls, and sending prisoners and such to be tortured abroad. In the meantime,these two bastions of freedom and liberty hear of allies like Russia and Israel doing similar things and turn a blind eye.

No news here, of course, we've known this forever. But not always all of it. So, in the spirit of public service -and isn't that what blogs are supposed to be about- I've posted here a few more sites for my few?/sole?/inexistent? reader(s) to check out. All, of course, with the best intentions. PG-13 stuff, you know...

First up is Rebel Resource, which always has some interesting reading here and there. More interesting, though, are the links to other sites, like the Norman Finkelstein archives. Then there's LeftWatch, which is precisely what one needs when reading not only Rebel Resource but the links located in it as well. It's a good site, well researched, and most of the stuff is thoughtful and well-written.

More important, though, is If Americans Knew, which has been around for some time, now, and been doing, from what I understand, a fairly good job of amassing a substantial amount of information concerning the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Worth a look.

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Carnaval's over. May this have been the last one.