Making the blog rounds (well, in this case the blob rounds), I came across various posts of David Peterson’s on Israel’s Wall and the World Court ruling. This one is a good example. As is David’s wont, he provides the full article with his blob. But the quote he pulled out, from our old friend Netanyahu, is quite telling:
“Because the court’s decision makes a mockery of Israel’s right to defend itself, the government of Israel will ignore it. Israel will never sacrifice Jewish life on the debased altar of ”international justice.”
I added the emphasis on ‘Jewish life’. I thought it quite telling. Kind of reminds me of Howard Dean saying that 400 PEOPLE had been killed in the Iraq War, when thousands of Iraqis had already been killed.
Unfortunately for Palestinians, Israel is willing to sacrifice Palestinian life on the debased altar of ‘security’. For example, the life of Mahmoud Khalafallah, a 75 year old man who was crushed in his house by an Israeli bulldozer. Unfortunately for Jewish activists against the occupation, Israel is willing to sacrifice even their ‘right’ to enter Israel to prevent protest against the wall, as Jamie Spector learned when she tried to join the ISM there.
