[Phyllis Bennis] Gilad Sharon... is the son of former prime minister Ariel Sharon. Let me read an exerpt to you. In it he says, THE DESIRE to prevent harm to innocent civilians in Gaza will ultimately lead to harming the truly innocent: the residents of southern Israel. The residents of Gaza are not innocent, they elected Hamas. The Gazans arent hostages; they chose this freely, and must live with the consequences. Later he goes on to say, We need to flatten entire neighborhoods in Gaza. Flatten all of Gaza. The Americans didnt stop with Hiroshima--the Japanese werent surrendering fast enough, so they hit Nagasaki, too. I mean, a really--just a sober reading of that just sounds like its just a call for genocide. Do you think that this is representative of, like, the actual debate thats taking place right now in Israel? BENNIS: I think the debate is over. I think this is a reflection of the actual public opinion widespread throughout Israel. Recent polls have indicated 91 percent support for what the Israelis, what the military is doing in Gaza. And even this kind of, as you say, direct call to genocide is not coming simply from some fringe elements that are easy to dismiss. This is coming from the highest levels...
Posted on: Sun, 20 Jul 2014 12:28:37 +0000
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