Netanyahu: Mocking Legitimate
Governance - His Type Security Naked Aggression
20 December 2012
By Stephen Lendman
Netanyahu never met a non-Jew he considered equal, a
peace plan he didn't spurn, a law he didn't violate,
or truth he didn't turn on its head.
He reveals Israel's true face. He's contemptuous of
Palestinians, other Arabs, and Iranians. He considers
them subhuman enemies. More on his latest outburst
below.
New York Times columnist Tom Friedman is notoriously
pro-Israeli. At the same time, he calls the "far-right
group running Israel today so arrogant." He omitted
lawless, racist, hawkish, and menacing.
Palestinians wanted liberation and peace for decades.
They agreed to relinquish plenty for it. Israel
enforces occupation violently. On Saturday, half a
million Gazans massed in Gaza City's Kateba Square.
They commemorated Hamas' 25th anniversary. More than
3,000 foreign guests joined them. They came from
Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan,
Malaysia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Algeria, Britain, and
several other European countries.
A main stage was erected for speakers. Two empty
chairs were positioned on it symbolically. They
represented Hamas founder Sheikh Ahmed Yassin and
Qassam Brigades head Ahmad Jabari.
Israel murdered them in cold blood. They're two of
many Palestinian martyrs. They're lionized as heroes.
Rogue killers remain unaccountable. Justice has miles
to go.
Political Bureau Chairman Khaled Meshal said
occupation never will be recognized. Freedom depends
on resistance. He urged regional country support.
He called resistance a means, not an end. He added
that "should the world find a means (to) liberate
Palestine, liberate Jerusalem, and achieve the right
of return without resistance, let them try."
Sixty-four years of trying produced nothing. History
teaches that liberation depends on resistance. He
vowed to keep working for free Palestine.
Electronic Intifada co-founder Ali Abuninmah discussed
one example of how media scoundrels misreport what
Hamas leaders say.
The London Observer sister publication to the Guardian
misquoted Meshal. It claimed he said:
"We don't kill Jews because they are Jews. We kill the
Zionists because they are conquerors and we will
continue to kill anyone who takes our land and our
holy places….We will free Jerusalem inch by inch,
stone by stone."
He actually said:
"We do not fight the Jews because they are Jews. We
fight the Zionist occupiers and aggressors. And we
will fight anyone who tries to occupy our lands or
attacks us. We fight those who fight us, who attack
us, who besiege us, who attack our holy places and our
land."
The difference is stark. Fight or struggle for
liberation isn't kill. The Observer also called his
speech "uncompromising."
Other mainstream reports also distorted his comments.
Readers and viewers don't know they're being
systematically lied to.
Abuninmah said none reported Meshal saying he welcomes
peaceful conflict resolution if world leaders find
ways to achieve it. Don't blame us for resisting
without it, he added.
"If we found another way without war we would have
seized it, but the history of nations shows that there
is no victory or liberation without war, without
battles, without sacrifice."
As long as Israel, Washington, and other Western
nations oppose Hamas, they'll continue to be unjustly
vilified.
Prime Minister Ismail Haniyya said liberation depends
on Palestinian solidarity and unified resistance. "The
power of Gaza is (Palestinian) power." It's ready and
willing to continue struggling for freedom and dignity
as one nation.
On Sunday, Arab League ministers agreed to provide
Palestine hundreds of millions of dollars in aid.
Qatari prime minister and Arab League
secretary-general Hamad Al Thani criticized failed
Quartet efforts. He called for reevaluating its
performance and ways to help Palestine.
On December 9, Haaretz headlined "Netanyahu:
Palestinians have no intention of compromising with
Israel."
Like media scoundrels, he distorted Hamas leaders'
comments. He lied, saying they'll never recognize
Israel. Hamas founder Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, Meshal,
Haniyya, and other Hamas officials want peace with
dignity, not conflict.
They want decades of lawless occupation and repression
ended. They want Palestinian self-determination
universally recognized. They want treatment equal to
Jews. They'll tolerate nothing less nor should they.
Meshal and Haniyya expressed willingness numerous
times to recognize Israel in return for
self-determination in peace inside pre-1967 borders.
It represents 22% of historic Palestine.
The 1947 UN partition plan gave Palestinians 44%.
Jerusalem was declared an international city.
Netanyahu said wanting what's rightfully theirs
"exposed the true face" of Israel's enemies.
"They have absolutely no intention of compromising
with us." Israel's idea of compromise is what it says
goes. For over 64 years, virtually all Palestinian
rights were spurned.
Compromise isn't in Israel's vocabulary. Netanyahu
represents the worst of rogue governance. "They want
to destroy the state," he claimed. "They will of
course fail. The nation of Israel will overcome these
hostile enemies."
Israel is its own worst enemy. It governs through the
barrel of a gun. Netanyahu is a world class thug. He
gives chutzpah new meaning. He makes lesser rogues
almost look respectable. He hastens Israel's demise.
He criticized Abbas for not condemning Meshal's
remarks. "The interesting thing is precisely that (Abbas)
did not issue a condemnation, not against words
calling for Israel's destruction, just as he did not
condemn the firing of missiles at Israel."
Meshal and other Hamas officials don't call for
Israel's destruction. Israel and media scoundrels
claim otherwise. Missiles fired in self-defense are
legal and essential.
Israel provokes conflict repeatedly. Past and present
rogue Israeli officials call self-defense terrorism.
Palestinians are condemned for doing the right thing.
Israel calls naked aggression its divine right.
Disbelievers are attacked and killed. Netanyahu is
Israel's worst ever leader. He belongs in prison, not
high office.
He lied saying Israel "want(s) true peace with (its)
neighbors." He attacks Palestinians viciously multiple
times daily.
He lied claiming Meshal wants Palestine to have all
Israeli territory. He and other Hamas leaders agreed
to accept 22% of historic Palestine within pre-1967
borders.
Haaretz lied. It said "Hamas rejects dialogue with
Israel." Its "charter calls for the destruction of
Israel."
Hamas leaders endorse legitimate negotiations on equal
terms. They reject one-way Israeli demands. They want
peace, not confrontation and violence. They don't call
for Israel's destruction.
Even Haaretz turns truth on its head. It knows better
but willfully distorts. If Israel's best broadsheet
betrays readers, imagine how low the rest of its major
media stoop.
In the mainstream, truth is the rarest commodity. It's
mostly targeted head on, misrepresented, and avoided.
It's the first casualty of war. It's a weapon of war
when used to support it.
Misreporting is virulent censorship by misinformation
or omission. It's fundamentally unprincipled and
duplicitous. AJ Liebling (1904 - 1963) once said press
freedom is "guaranteed only to those who own one."
He added that "people confuse what they read in
newpapers (or see on television) with news."
Big Lies launch wars. They also justify unconscionable
violence and other lawless acts. Haaretz shares guilt
with other scoundrel media. Maybe conscience pangs one
day will produce change.
Journalistic ethics and professional conduct stress
public trust, credibility, accuracy, truth, avoiding
bias, fairness, integrity, independence and
accountability.
Nothing short of those qualities measure up. Most
Israeli and Western media lack them entirely. Instead
of accurate full disclosure, readers, listeners, and
viewers are systematically lied to.
Hamas, other resistance groups, and many independent
ones fall victim. Fundamental wrongs triumph over
right. Things don't change. Innocent people suffer.
They deserve better. Hamas and other groups like them
want Palestine liberated.
They won't surrender like Fatah did at Oslo and
subsequent agreements. Israel got everything it
wanted. Palestinians sacrificed all rights.
Conditions are much worse now than earlier. Hamas
wants historic wrongs reversed. All oppressed people
feel the same way.
On December 6, Al Haq headlined "Gaza Strip:
Palestinians Under Continuous Israeli Fire in the
Buffer Zone."
Memorandum understanding of ceasefire terms stipulated
these attacks would end. Israel committed violations
straightaway.
Children are still shot for target practice. Farmers
are attacked in their fields. Fishermen are accosted
at sea. Some are shot. Others have their vessels
damaged or confiscated.
From late November though early December, Al Haq
reported numerous lawless Israeli attacks. Gazans are
no safer now than before ceasefire terms were agreed.
Israel is a serial violator. Agreed terms called for
"facilitating the movements of people, refraining from
restricting residents' free movements, and (not)
targeting residents in border areas."
Israel "continued to enforce the movement restrictions
in place before the ceasefire and did not hesitate to
open fire directly on Palestinians in the buffer zone
on land and at sea."
Palestinian lives and welfare are as much at risk now
as before. They're still terrorized daily. Dozens of
West Bank homes are accosted and ransacked pre-dawn.
It happens weekly. Residents are arrested. Their crime
is praying to the wrong God.
Excessive force is official Israeli policy. So is
targeting women, children and infants. Murdering them
while they sleep is standard practice. Pillar of Cloud
killed dozens for eight days. Over 1,000 were wounded,
many seriously.
Fighting slowed but hasn't stopped. Hamas and other
resistance groups unilaterally observe truce terms.
Expect a greater Israeli provocation to produce a
response Netanyahu calls terrorism.
His notion of peace is none at all. His idea of truth
is avoid it. His governing style is hardline. His type
security is naked aggression. Palestine's liberation
has miles to go. It's well worth struggling for.
Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago and can be reached
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