[Marxism] ISRAEL'S RIGHT TO DEFEND ITSELF - GAZANS DO NOT BLAME HAMAS

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ISRAEL'S RIGHT TO DEFEND ITSELF 
By Joseph Massad, The Electronic  Intifada, 20 January 2009 

The logic goes as follows: Israel has the  right to occupy
Palestinian land, lay siege to Palestinian populations  in
Bantustans surrounded by an apartheid wall, starve the
population, cut  them off from fuel and electricity, uproot
their trees and crops, and launch  periodic raids and
targeted assassinations against them and their  elected
leadership, and if this population resists these massive
Israeli  attacks against their lives and the fabric of
their society and Israel  responds by slaughtering them en
masse, Israel would simply be "defending"  itself as it
must and should. Joseph Massad comments for EI.

_http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10221.shtml_ 
(http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10221.shtml)  
 
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PALESTINE : DEVELOPMENT:

GAZANS DO NOT BLAME HAMAS 
By Mel  Frykberg, The Electronic Intifada, 19 January 2009 

RAMALLAH (IPS) -  Humanitarian aid is being rushed into
Gaza as Israel and Egypt open their  borders temporarily to
allow convoys of aid to pass through. While Israeli  drones
circle the skies above, Hamas security men are back on the
streets  attempting to restore some semblance of law and
order. Policemen are  directing traffic. Several looters
have been arrested. Gazans who survived  the battering
inflicted by Israel's 22-day military campaign,  codenamed
Operation Cast Lead, are venturing out and trying to pick
up the  pieces of their lives.

_http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10219.shtml_ 
(http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10219.shtml)  
 
 
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