Dr Norman Finkestein on the 2021 Gaza Invasion and Israeli 'Apartheid'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FWUR-U2550
In the above video, Finkelstein compares the 2021 with earlier attacks on Gaza, and notes the sea change in US and worldwide opinion regarding Palestine, as shown in the huge Free Palestine protests and the B'Tselem and Human Rights Watch report calling out Israel as an Apartheid State which Persecutes Palestinians, both of these being Crimes Against Humanity. He relates the meaning behind Sec Brinklen's remarks in a press conference that he "had not seen the intelligence" regarding the Hamas operations that justified the bombing of the AP tower. He said normally the SoS would simply lie about such things, brushing aside the question with insistence that Israel had right to defend itself, but in saying he had not seen the intelligence, Blinken was sending message to Israel on behalf of Biden administration "We're not going to lie for you as before." Likewise, though many are disappointed with Biden's initially stonewalling the Cease Fire in the Security Council (China proposed it 6 times to be shot down by US) and sending additional $735 million in replacement arms donations (and now another $1 billion is being requested), Finkelstein believes that more than before, Biden seems to be putting "parameters" on future aid. To wit, no ground invasion massacres as in the 2014 "Protective Edge." Biden, and allies around the world, are feeling the heat, and they are letting Israel know, in private, which seems to be the way Biden prefers doing things.
This video is wonderful, both in what it says and what it doesn't say. It is nice to see a sea change in public opinion. But IMO this does not necessarily mean a resolution is at hand anytime soon. So I worry about overconfidence that might come from extrapolating from Finkelstein's remarks to an inevitable resolution. Instead, they should encourage us to do more of what we have been doing.
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