tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post2163561259206222846..comments2024-01-01T01:47:59.449+02:00Comments on Yaacov Lozowick's Ruminations: Uninformed CommentYaacovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12835192312242961481noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-30761114105991540702009-07-16T20:48:06.848+03:002009-07-16T20:48:06.848+03:00you forgot to highlight the most important "o...you forgot to highlight the most important "observation" Juan Cole: <br /><br />...no Israelis were killed ...<br /><br />he is practically leering at thinking of the "pity" of it, his logic presumably goes: if nobody was killed what are Israelis complaining about - against getting terrorized yoga is the better antidote<br /><br />sorry but these guys in their ivory towers just make me mad<br />rgds,<br />SilkeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-25692623955927929982009-07-16T19:10:55.338+03:002009-07-16T19:10:55.338+03:00This could be a prevalent view among the left. Ira...This could be a prevalent view among the left. Ira Chernus writes in Mother Jones, a lefty journal:<br /><br />"Israelis generally know what most Americans still don't: Suicide bombing, supposedly the trademark of "Palestinian terrorism," has virtually ceased. As a result, Israel's chief complaint has switched to Hamas rocket attacks. How can we let them have the West Bank, the argument goes? Look what happened when we pulled all our settlements out of Gaza and got nothing in return but thousands of rockets. That's why we had no choice but launch our full-scale assault on Gaza in December 2008: to put an end to them."<br /><br />"In fact, though, Hamas rocket attacks had ended in July 2008, when Israel agreed to the ceasefire Hamas had been asking for. That agreement held for four months until Israeli troops killed six Hamas operatives — shortly before Hamas and Fatah were scheduled to create a unified government. It's a familiar Israeli tactic: block Palestinian unity and then complain of "no partner for peace."rashkovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11957522977917798197noreply@blogger.com