When the News Leaves You Less Informed

The Jews were exiled by the Romans from the land of Judea (which the Romans later called Palestine) in the years between about 70 and 135 CE (AD). Arab Palestinians largely resented the influx of Jews.

With America failing to throw full support behind Israel in its time of need, the question is why the Obama administration seems to prefer equivocal statements to demanding an immediate and full cessation of Palestinian attacks and incitement. They can not deny that they have contributed to building the wall that practically locks Palestinians in the biggest prison in the world. The governments of Turkey and England, who ruled the land, extended that right.

Jewish claims that Palestinians are “deeply radicalized” is contributing to the hatred felt by the new generation of Palestinians.

“Palestinian leaders have established an incubator to raise children as terrorists”.

“Venezuela has become the epicenter of the Palestinian struggle, the epicenter of the struggle for popular democracy, and for me as a Venezuelan-Palestinian, Arab-Latina, it’s a point of great pride”, affirmed Khalil, whose family fled to Venezuela following their expulsion from Palestine during what historians have termed a campaign of “ethnic cleansing” allegedly perpetrated by Zionist forces between 1947 and 1949. There are now fears that the violence will spread to the “Gaza Strip and the West Bank”. The golden opportunity to proclaim a Palestinian state was missed.

Meanwhile, Israeli hoteliers and other owners of tourism-based businesses are reporting a further decline in tourism on top of a 20-percent decrease this summer that preceded the current increase in violence. Peace treaties are seen as temporary.

The soldier’s colleagues then killed the attacker. You can see this commitment to Israel’s destruction all over the Internet, including You Tube.

On Friday, the U.S. Department of State announced that the Old City of Jerusalem was off limits to USA government employees until Saturday, and advised private US citizens to “take into consideration these restrictions and the additional guidance contained in the Department’s travel warning for Israel”. Any treaty signed would be largely begrudged. “I shouted to him, ‘I’m a Jew, ‘ but he tried to continue”. The Palestinian Authority wants the State of Israel, as a Jewish state, gone. This is how they justified disconnecting Jerusalem from the rest of Palestine and invading the holiest mosques of Muslims. The recent upsurge in violence is war – a war for Jerusalem and a Palestinian state.

Last weekend, Israeli forces killed 12 Palestinians in Gaza, 10 of whom shot dead during protests at the border and two killed in an Israeli airstrike, including a two-year-old and her pregnant mother.

These are not insane demands: there are entirely sane from the viewpoint of many Palestinians and many if not most in the Arab/Muslim world. Israelis are sane, too, from their perspective. The ceremonies can be politicized by Palestinian militant groups, such as Hamas or Islamic Jihad. Wednesday saw a number of attacks on Israeli’s.

MUNAYYER: Of course the Israelis are going to do accuse him of that, because it is very hard for them to accept any responsibility for the situation. Many political commentators believe that pent-up angers festering within Palestinian society will eventually come to a head and the violence in Israel will spread.

Palestinians see a Palestinian Authority as being essentially a subcontractor for the Israeli occupation. Things will get worse no matter what.

“For me it’s about showing solidarity with Israel and the people who are under terrorist attacks, to show solidarity”, said Talia Friedman, a supporter at the rally.