Reuters: Meaningless drivel from Israel

Palestinians welcome Israeli interest in Saudi plan

Right… So “Palestinians hope Israeli calls for the revival of a Saudi peace initiative” could lead to something. Fair enough I guess, but given that the “Saudi plan calls for full Arab recognition of Israel if it gives up “all of the territories” occupied in the 1967″ – ie. implementation of UN Security Council resolution 242 – I doubt anything will happen. 242 was passed in what? 1967? One of the few UNSC resolutions calling on Israel to stop violating International Law not vetoed by the US.

Why does this crap still make the news? Israel has no intention of peace. It will not even halt settlements on illegally occupied land. It will not even allow full citizenship rights for Arabs. It is a violent, racist, illegal (settlements), authoritarian, non-democratic, proto-fascist state.

Israel can make peace and follow the law all by itself. Until it decides to do so, the words ‘peace’ ‘Israel’ and ‘plan’ in the same sentence have no meaning.

 

Reuters: Israel says its dirt is more important than Palestinians

Israel shuts Gaza crossings after rocket attack

Israel has once more demonstrated the high regard they hold other humans, by stepping up the blockade on Gaza. The blockade includes the Egyptian and sea borders – thus proving the famed “pull out” involved no handing over of actual power. The reason for the re-blockaded borders, this attack, which by the Reuters / Israeli police description, probably landed in a field. The humanitarian situation in Gaza is dire, and starvation is rife, Free Gaza has more info on that, and Israel knows full well that the blockade will cost lives, but that’s a point. Israeli dirt is worth more than Palestinian lives.

Interestingly the article mentions a suicide attack some months ago as the “reason” for other closures – but fails to note that collective punishment is rather illegal, and was one of the major charges levelled at the Nazis. There is also no mention of the very recent upsurge in violence against Palestinians by settlers in the West Bank. (Perhaps because they’re attacks on actual people, unlike the heavily reported attack on Israeli dirt).

 

Reuters: Blatant border violation

Turkey says its planes hit PKK group in n.Iraq

Wonderful stuff that. There are a couple of problems here, beyond the formatting of the headline. In the article there is no mention that this is a blatant violation of sovreignty, merely that “Fighting has intensified in southeastern Turkey in recent weeks” – due to Turkish war planes attacking both military and civillian targets inside both Iraq and Turkey over the past months. Although Reuters only mention attacks by the PKK – carried out mainly by mines, and with military only casualties. Indeed the PKK are characterised as a “guerrilla group, hiding in a cave”. I guess its a plus they weren’t called terrorists, but given the Turkish government’s persecution of Kurds, targeting of civillians, violations of national and international law and so forth, the pro-Turkish, anti-Kurd stance of the article is a disgrace.