Guardian’s Obsession with Israel June 2, 2010

The Guardian acts like a stalker to Israel with all the unpleasant motivations that implies. The obsessions with small unsavoury acts, the dogging and logging of our footsteps, the endless diarising of what we do and where we go. It’s all there.

AKUS

“Sick people. What can one say?”

I may be a fine one to talk ..with throwaway lines.. but to use such a term to describe coverage of the most pressing, pertinent and most dangerous situation in the world is cheap and cowardly.

Israel had no legal right to do this. Only UN sanctioned blockades can be enforced on the high seas. She has a case to answer. Thats what one can say!

THH

“NATO and US forces going around killing thousands of people is clearly less dangerous . ”

This is a dirty stain on both the UK and the US as the main culprits and I agree it is appalling.

However the ME is potentially more dangerous as Israel can now be seen as an unstable, openly illegal government in control of a hundred bombs deliberately provoking a billion people.

AKUS calls criticism ” sick” thereby giving Israel carte blanche to continue her path to the Third World War. I stand by my statement…this is cheap and cowardly.

I was looking for the original Adam whatever thread from when the story broke.
Two entire pages of articles and videos and still nowhere near finding it …

One headline that struck me was:

Israel holding 40 Britons in desert prison after Gaza flotilla raid

Note the term “desert prison”. Now while I am not acquainted with Beersherva prison itself I do know the town from my kibbutz days. It is indeed located within the Negev – but saying “desert prison” has certain connotations that simply do not ring true.

Yes, this is indeed an obsession.

Berchmans they are indeed sick people (and you should know – there is considerable creature feeling from you for them);

“..The following is from the official Palestinian Authority daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida:

“The third victim was Ibrahim Bilgen, a 61-year old pensioner and father of six sons. He was a supporter of the Felicity Party, an Islamic movement in the south-eastern city of Siirt, Anatolia news agency reported. His brother-in-law, Nuri Mergen, told the Agency: ‘He was an exemplary man and a truly good man. That’s why he was truly worthy of Shahada (Martyrdom). Allah granted him the death that he wished for.’”
[Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, June 3, 2010]”

How are these (and you for your too-close identification with them) NOT sick people?

Or, if we are going to be kind about you and them (although I am not inclined to be) thick people?