And secondly the Palestinians are always: innocent…

Time-out.

Who, except for the Gallowayian fringe, argues this? Directly or by implication. Names, please.

Just to help you out: HRW doesn’t…

http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2009/04/20/gaza-hamas-should-end-killings-torture

The UN doesn’t…

http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=29802&Cr=gaza&Cr1=unrwa
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=29431&Cr=gaza&Cr1

The Guardian doesn’t…

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/feb/13/hamas-gaza-murders-abduction-torture
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/nov/14/hamas-ceasefire-gaza

Goldstone didn’t…

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/sep/15/israel-blamed-for-gaza-war-crimes

If people give disproportionate criticisms to Israel, that’s another matter. Soberly arguing that, however, wouldn’t give one such a marvellous opportunity to sound self-righteous.

And secondly the Palestinians are always: innocent, anti-racist, and incapable of being responsible for their actions. Therefore widescale support for Hamas, widespread jubilation after a terror attack on Israel, the lionising of suicide bombers and jew hatred are all just a natural reaction to something that happened to their fathers or more likely their grandfathers. Do not ever move on, is the message that must be maintained.

This is because they are oppressed by Israel, and refused any land or citizenship. That this applies to the surrounding arab states is irrelevant. We are not interested in arabs oppressing arabs. Anyway, if arabs oppress arabs, we know who to blame. Just listen to their (anti-imperialist) governments (and the Western leftists).

Everytime I look at footage taken in Gaza, all I see are well stocked food markets and lots of fat…even obese… people. As for support of Hamas, it merely reflects the hatred and anti-semitic sentiments many Gazans harbour.

One other thing, we always hear about the Israeli “blockade”, but no one ever takes Egypt to task for having sealed ITS border with Gaza. In fact, the Egyptians are now building a wall that will extend some 30 meters underground in order to prevent any further tunnels being dug by these poor, innocent, oppressed refugees fleeing zionist terrorism.

“Everyone know the wretched Gazoids have nobody to blame but their silly selves but I simply CANNOT say that out loud.”

With a deep sigh he looked at the statement he had scribbled ealier:

LET THE CAPTIVE SOLDIER GO AT ONCE OR THE FURIOUS JEWS WILL SEND A THOUSAND OR TWO OF YOU OFF TO MEET ALLAH RATHER EARLIER THAN YOU PLANNED

With a still longer sigh he pushed he pushed a half-gnawed poodle leg aside and trotted out a predictable statement blaming the horrid Jews for everything.

On a brighter note, this the sort of thing that PICKLED POLITICS readers greatly enjoy:

http://blogs.harvardbusiness.org/hbr/restoring-american-competitiveness/2009/10/outsourcing-is-high-techs-subprime.html

One might even go so far as to trot out the rather-less-than-nice slogan “Import Third World Hospital Doctors and – shabaaam! – you’ve got A Third World Hospital!”

Happy New Year!