It`s getting worse and worse.
The Israeli terrorist state is getting more and more brazen as they see how the Europeans and North Americans do nothing about their murderous policies. The Israeli government has been sponsoring state terrorism since its creation. It has never fullfilled its international obligations and has not respected and much less implemented any resolution passed by the Security Council or any other international body.
The most important of those resolutions is Resolution No. 242 of the UN Security Council which ordered Israel to vacate all occupied land. Meanwhile because of the enormous pressure groups the Israelis have organised in N. America and Europe, it will soon be a criminal act to criticise the policies of this racist state.
There is too much complicit silence as everyone runs scared to say anything in the mainstream that might remotely be construed as anti-semitic by the reactionaries, while the true anti-semites (the Palestinians are semites too) and their helpers within the US Administration continue with their relentless genocide and ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians people. It is a true shame that Edward Said is no longer with us, as, since his death, there are no more Palestinian voices heard or read in western mainstream press.
We now read the article on the unacceptable state terrorism of sonic booms and that "The Israeli defence ministry has barred foreign journalists from entering the Gaza Strip in an apparent attempt to limit reporting on the killing of Palestinian civilians, the firing of artillery shells and the use of "sonic bombs" to terrify the local population."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,1605781,00.html
From the article:
'A senior Israeli army intelligence source, who the military would not permit to be named, said the tactic is intended to break civilian support for armed Palestinian groups. "We are trying to send a message in a way that doesn't harm people. We want to encourage the Palestinian public to do something about the terror situation," he said. "What are the alternatives? We are not like the terrorists who shoot civilians. We are cautious. We make sure nobody is really hurt."'
To summarize, the source admits that the tactic is aimed at a civilian population and is designed to 'break' them of a particular attitude. This is, without doubt, terrorism, which is defined in the Introduction to the Terrorism Act 2000 (Section 1, subsections 1 & 2) as the ‘use or threat of action’ that:
‘is designed to influence the government or to intimidate the public or a section of the public (italics mine), ‘…for the purpose of advancing a political, religious or ideological cause’ and where such action ‘involves serious damage to property’ or ‘creates a serious risk to the health or safety of the public or a section of the public’
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2000/00011--b.htm#1
This action by the Israeli Government is clearly dangerous to human life, property and infrastructure and is expressly intended to intimidate or coerce a civilian population. This is, prima facie, state terrorism. Moreover, it still qualifies as terrorism regardless of its effects on the civilian population, since under the UK definition, the expression of intention by your unnamed military source alone is sufficient.
We also read the WSWS article "Sharon government escalates military offensive against Palestinians"
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/nov2005/gaza-n011.shtml
Is there any reaction to use of terrorism by this state from Blair or Bush? None.
Uri Avnery, who knows Sharon better than most having studied his actions for decades, warned us last November that Abbas is the next target for Sharon "Let no one have any illusions: Sharon will use every means, overt and covert, in order to destroy any “moderate” Palestinian leadership. As of now, Abu-Mazen is Enemy No. 1."
The reasons why are given in the article:
http://tinyurl.com/7lncz
Last Sunday he warned us again: "The long campaign for the elimination of Mahmoud Abbas is entering its final phase...It was impossible to launch a campaign of demonization against him, as had been done to Arafat, with the full participation of all the Israeli and world Jewish media. But in all the media, a daily message was planted: Abbas is a wet rag, Abbas is not worth anything, Abbas is not able to destroy the "terror infrastructure", it's quite useless to talk with him.
...
This week, the style was sharpened. No more pity for poor Abbas, doing his best and failing, but an outright attack on him. Abbas, it is being said, doesn't really want to put an end to terrorism. The news pages of all newspapers, from Maariv to Haaretz, were mobilized for this campaign. The radio and television networks joined in with enthusiasm.
...
At the same time, the violent confrontation broke out again with full force. Who started it?
...
The new round started with the killing of Luay Sa'adi, a militant of the Islamic Jihad in the Tulkarm area, who had already spent five of his 25 years in Israeli prisons. The army described him as a very senior commander, a huge "ticking bomb". The Jihad took up this ludicrous assertion with alacrity, because it justified a major retaliation. In private, Palestinians said that he was just a local activist.
Either way: when Sharon, between breakfast and lunch, gave his assent to the execution, he knew that he was also condemning some Israelis to death - since it was certain that the Jihad would respond with an act of revenge. There is no escape from the conclusion that that was indeed the purpose of the action.
It was confirmed with great speed. A Jihadist from a close-by Palestinian village carried out a suicide bombing in the fruit market of the Israeli town Hadera...
As if it had only been waiting for this outrage, the army went immediately into well-planned action. A choking general blockade was imposed on the northern West Bank. Towns and villages all over the West Bank were cut off again, sometimes only hours after the roadblocks around them had been removed at the insistence of Condoleezza Rice. A general man-hunt against Jihad activists was started, with a broad hint that the turn of Hamas and Fatah activists would not be far behind."
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article10832.htm
Of course this article was written before the murder of the Hamas and Al Aqsa militants on Tuesday. Also designed, as all his (Sharon's) actions, to provoke more violence so that the West Bank annexation can proceed as planned. As Avnery says: "Sharon behaves like a bullfighter, sticking his bandilleras between the shoulders of the bull in order to enrage and bait him, till he lashes out in all directions."
This is also confirmed in the Australian which states: "Israeli missiles destroyed a car in the Gaza Strip yesterday, killing two top militants, drawing threats of retaliation and further weakening Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's efforts to take control of the territory."
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,17122933%5E2703,00.html
Such silence in the UK media, and the double standards used in reporting on Israel & Palestine. Why is that?
Why the silence on the involvement of US dual loyalist Zionist Likudniks in the highest positions of power in the US who have been using their positions to promote a proxy war in the Middle East to favour Israeli interests?
There is really only one country in the Middle East which consistently by its actions proves what the Palestinian PM said on Monday:
"The Israeli leadership is not one of peace. It is obsessed with an aggressive approach that cannot bring peace," http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3162617,00.html
The Israeli terrorist state is getting more and more brazen as they see how the Europeans and North Americans do nothing about their murderous policies. The Israeli government has been sponsoring state terrorism since its creation. It has never fullfilled its international obligations and has not respected and much less implemented any resolution passed by the Security Council or any other international body.
The most important of those resolutions is Resolution No. 242 of the UN Security Council which ordered Israel to vacate all occupied land. Meanwhile because of the enormous pressure groups the Israelis have organised in N. America and Europe, it will soon be a criminal act to criticise the policies of this racist state.
There is too much complicit silence as everyone runs scared to say anything in the mainstream that might remotely be construed as anti-semitic by the reactionaries, while the true anti-semites (the Palestinians are semites too) and their helpers within the US Administration continue with their relentless genocide and ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians people. It is a true shame that Edward Said is no longer with us, as, since his death, there are no more Palestinian voices heard or read in western mainstream press.
We now read the article on the unacceptable state terrorism of sonic booms and that "The Israeli defence ministry has barred foreign journalists from entering the Gaza Strip in an apparent attempt to limit reporting on the killing of Palestinian civilians, the firing of artillery shells and the use of "sonic bombs" to terrify the local population."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,1605781,00.html
From the article:
'A senior Israeli army intelligence source, who the military would not permit to be named, said the tactic is intended to break civilian support for armed Palestinian groups. "We are trying to send a message in a way that doesn't harm people. We want to encourage the Palestinian public to do something about the terror situation," he said. "What are the alternatives? We are not like the terrorists who shoot civilians. We are cautious. We make sure nobody is really hurt."'
To summarize, the source admits that the tactic is aimed at a civilian population and is designed to 'break' them of a particular attitude. This is, without doubt, terrorism, which is defined in the Introduction to the Terrorism Act 2000 (Section 1, subsections 1 & 2) as the ‘use or threat of action’ that:
‘is designed to influence the government or to intimidate the public or a section of the public (italics mine), ‘…for the purpose of advancing a political, religious or ideological cause’ and where such action ‘involves serious damage to property’ or ‘creates a serious risk to the health or safety of the public or a section of the public’
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2000/00011--b.htm#1
This action by the Israeli Government is clearly dangerous to human life, property and infrastructure and is expressly intended to intimidate or coerce a civilian population. This is, prima facie, state terrorism. Moreover, it still qualifies as terrorism regardless of its effects on the civilian population, since under the UK definition, the expression of intention by your unnamed military source alone is sufficient.
We also read the WSWS article "Sharon government escalates military offensive against Palestinians"
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/nov2005/gaza-n011.shtml
Is there any reaction to use of terrorism by this state from Blair or Bush? None.
Uri Avnery, who knows Sharon better than most having studied his actions for decades, warned us last November that Abbas is the next target for Sharon "Let no one have any illusions: Sharon will use every means, overt and covert, in order to destroy any “moderate” Palestinian leadership. As of now, Abu-Mazen is Enemy No. 1."
The reasons why are given in the article:
http://tinyurl.com/7lncz
Last Sunday he warned us again: "The long campaign for the elimination of Mahmoud Abbas is entering its final phase...It was impossible to launch a campaign of demonization against him, as had been done to Arafat, with the full participation of all the Israeli and world Jewish media. But in all the media, a daily message was planted: Abbas is a wet rag, Abbas is not worth anything, Abbas is not able to destroy the "terror infrastructure", it's quite useless to talk with him.
...
This week, the style was sharpened. No more pity for poor Abbas, doing his best and failing, but an outright attack on him. Abbas, it is being said, doesn't really want to put an end to terrorism. The news pages of all newspapers, from Maariv to Haaretz, were mobilized for this campaign. The radio and television networks joined in with enthusiasm.
...
At the same time, the violent confrontation broke out again with full force. Who started it?
...
The new round started with the killing of Luay Sa'adi, a militant of the Islamic Jihad in the Tulkarm area, who had already spent five of his 25 years in Israeli prisons. The army described him as a very senior commander, a huge "ticking bomb". The Jihad took up this ludicrous assertion with alacrity, because it justified a major retaliation. In private, Palestinians said that he was just a local activist.
Either way: when Sharon, between breakfast and lunch, gave his assent to the execution, he knew that he was also condemning some Israelis to death - since it was certain that the Jihad would respond with an act of revenge. There is no escape from the conclusion that that was indeed the purpose of the action.
It was confirmed with great speed. A Jihadist from a close-by Palestinian village carried out a suicide bombing in the fruit market of the Israeli town Hadera...
As if it had only been waiting for this outrage, the army went immediately into well-planned action. A choking general blockade was imposed on the northern West Bank. Towns and villages all over the West Bank were cut off again, sometimes only hours after the roadblocks around them had been removed at the insistence of Condoleezza Rice. A general man-hunt against Jihad activists was started, with a broad hint that the turn of Hamas and Fatah activists would not be far behind."
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article10832.htm
Of course this article was written before the murder of the Hamas and Al Aqsa militants on Tuesday. Also designed, as all his (Sharon's) actions, to provoke more violence so that the West Bank annexation can proceed as planned. As Avnery says: "Sharon behaves like a bullfighter, sticking his bandilleras between the shoulders of the bull in order to enrage and bait him, till he lashes out in all directions."
This is also confirmed in the Australian which states: "Israeli missiles destroyed a car in the Gaza Strip yesterday, killing two top militants, drawing threats of retaliation and further weakening Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's efforts to take control of the territory."
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,17122933%5E2703,00.html
Such silence in the UK media, and the double standards used in reporting on Israel & Palestine. Why is that?
Why the silence on the involvement of US dual loyalist Zionist Likudniks in the highest positions of power in the US who have been using their positions to promote a proxy war in the Middle East to favour Israeli interests?
There is really only one country in the Middle East which consistently by its actions proves what the Palestinian PM said on Monday:
"The Israeli leadership is not one of peace. It is obsessed with an aggressive approach that cannot bring peace," http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3162617,00.html
Or better, have you ever tasted the " salade macedoine?" What do we have here? 
And to this very day those billions have never been recovered and he's a hero to the Palestinians. Bizzare. So he did contribute to the conditions we now see in Gaza and the West Bank.