Steve Timmer republishes his analyses from 2014, which are today's too. Israel does not know CHANGE but the Palestinian Arabs know HOPE.
Readers are urged to review Timmer's REPUBLISHED earlier writing, just as he felt urged to re-post. Note that Timmer includes sidebar links to the remainder of his previous 2014 multi-part posting.
This opening excerpt - from this link:
The Final Solution
Gaza: The Final Solution – a reprise
This is a story from July, 19, 2014. There was a part two, part three, and a part four to the story. I think it has some currency at the moment. (Regrettably, the original @billmon1 is gone. Someone else has the account now.)
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I write very little about international, or even national, matters. A lot of other people do, and do it better than I could. But the present of invasion of Gaza by the Israeli “Defense Forces” cries out for comment, even if it is merely cathartic for me. I hope it is more than that, of course.
A couple of days ago, in a justification of the invasion by Israel, the Strib editorial board drew itself to its full height and opined that Israel “has the right to defend itself”: Hamas cynicism is the biggest threat to Gaza. Hardly.
The editorialists are merely repeating the lazy American media line.
One of the best sources of information on the situation in Israel/Gaza, and current Israeli thinking about it, can be be found in the Twitter feed of @billmon1. Billmon is the pseudonym of someone who used to write the excellent blog Whiskey Bar. I commend him to the Strib; if the editorialists read some of the links that Billmon offers up, perhaps they wouldn’t simply and ignorantly parrot bilious Israeli propaganda. I commend Billmon to the rest of you, too, as a way to read some sources that don’t just drink from the Israeli cup.
So let’s look through some things the editorial board may have missed.
“We must depopulate Gaza of Palestinians and repopulate the land with Jews.” That’s not just some crackpot in Israel; that’s the Deputy Speaker of the Knesset. Here’s part of what he said:
Israel must attack Gaza even more mercilessly, expel the population and resettle the territory with Jews, the deputy speaker of Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, has said.
Moshe Feiglin, a member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ruling Likud Party, makes the call in an article for the Israeli news website Arutz Sheva.
Feiglin demands that Israel launch attacks “throughout Gaza with the IDF’s [Israeli army’s] maximum force (and not a tiny fraction of it) with all the conventional means at its disposal.”
Force Gaza population out
“After the IDF completes the ‘softening’ of the targets with its firepower, the IDF will conquer the entire Gaza, using all the means necessary to minimize any harm to our soldiers, with no other considerations,” Feiglin writes in one of several calls for outright war crimes.
Following the reconquest, Israel’s army “will thoroughly eliminate all armed enemies from Gaza. The enemy population that is innocent of wrongdoing and separated itself from the armed terrorists will be treated in accordance with international law and will be allowed to leave,” Feiglin writes.
“Gaza is part of our land”
“Gaza is part of our Land and we will remain there forever,” Feiglin concludes. “Subsequent to the elimination of terror from Gaza, it will become part of sovereign Israel and will be populated by Jews. This will also serve to ease the housing crisis in Israel.”
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From Timmer's sidebar:
Shifting to other coverage,
Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/
Hundreds of ex-Biden staffers call on him to help end Israel’s ‘occupation, blockade and settlement expansion’ | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/biden-israel-palestine-campaign-letter-b1853042.html
Dear President Biden,. OVER 500 DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN STAFF… | by Matan Arad-Neeman | May, 2021 | Medium
https://matan-aradneeman.medium.com/dear-president-biden-b19600918a67
REPUBLICAN SENATORS WRITE: Microsoft Word - 05.12.21 Letter to Biden re Israel Attacks - letter_to_potus_on_iran_sanctions.pdf
https://www.banking.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/letter_to_potus_on_iran_sanctions.pdf
138 House Democrats pen letter to Biden calling for Israel-Gaza ceasefire | The Times of Israel
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/138-house-democrats-pen-letter-to-biden-calling-for-israel-gaza-ceasefire/
A Letter to Biden on Gaza - CounterPunch.org
https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/05/21/a-letter-to-biden-on-gaza/
Letter to the editor: Biden’s hypocrisy on Israeli violence rankles - Portland Press Herald
https://www.pressherald.com/2021/05/18/letter-to-the-editor-biden-administrations-hypocrisy-on-israeli-violence-rankles/
Biden got two letters days ago, as review of the above links will show. One from Republican Senators being Trumpists re Israel as is their current fashion; the other from people telling Biden to get smart (good luck on that).
Resuming:
Democrats, Growing More Skeptical of Israel, Pressure Biden - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/17/us/politics/israel-gaza-democrats-biden.html
Democrats dither on military sale to Israel | The Electronic Intifada
https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/michael-f-brown/democrats-dither-military-sale-israel
*Progressives stay largely silent on Israeli apartheid report | The Electronic Intifada
https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/michael-f-brown/progressives-stay-largely-silent-israeli-apartheid-report
DMFI board member Archie Gottesman wanted to “burn” Gaza | The Electronic Intifada
https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/michael-f-brown/dmfi-board-member-archie-gottesman-wanted-burn-gaza
*Democratic leadership stands with Israel | The Electronic Intifada
https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/michael-f-brown/democratic-leadership-stands-israel
State Department buries Israeli occupation in word salad | The Electronic Intifada
https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/michael-f-brown/state-department-buries-israeli-occupation-word-salad
NOTE: Two of the above listed titles are bolded. Read each, if not reading any of the other linked items. The electronicintifada.net website clearly represents one viewpoint, while readers with deep attachment to Israel surely already have read the propaganda from that opposite perspective. The view at Crabgrass differs from mainstream coverage, and the links given here are in accord with the differing view. Clearly the letter to Biden from the Republican Senators is viewed here with derision and scorn, yet it is a major part of the story, hence its link has been included. Last, the item is formatted and posted to be read in a desktop or laptop browser. Users of phone-view, good luck - or use a browser.