tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25556312.post4322707209679746045..comments2024-03-01T03:16:14.116+00:00Comments on Another Green World: WILD WEST BANK-JOB: ISRAEL AT 60Derek Wallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05462511891409913195noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25556312.post-12148477098412839822008-06-08T21:52:00.000+00:002008-06-08T21:52:00.000+00:00Derek,I have reviewed Alison’s comment. You are ri...Derek,<BR/><BR/>I have reviewed Alison’s comment. You are right to challenge me. My first reaction was that it was attributing the analysis to you. But it need not be read that way. It can also be read as just saying the analysis itself is good whilst addressing that comment to you. Such are the problems of communication. I apologise.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps you too, might give some reflection to such weggishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04651722712995395981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25556312.post-81622223074415488582008-06-08T17:58:00.000+00:002008-06-08T17:58:00.000+00:00and your point is, Weggis....I sometimes write who...and your point is, Weggis....I sometimes write whole books, I quite often paste up good stuff I find on the web...Schnews is pretty consistently good....Derek Wallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05462511891409913195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25556312.post-33873616730578422662008-06-08T15:13:00.000+00:002008-06-08T15:13:00.000+00:00Alison 2:48pm"A good analysis, Derek!"Since when h...Alison 2:48pm<BR/>"A good analysis, Derek!"<BR/><BR/>Since when has Derek written anything original on this blog or provided any objective analysis?<BR/><BR/>The post above is from Schnews.weggishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04651722712995395981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25556312.post-44954158732683912462008-06-07T17:32:00.000+00:002008-06-07T17:32:00.000+00:00Jimmy Carter was right. The Israeli siege of Gaza ...Jimmy Carter was right. The Israeli siege of Gaza is "one of the greatest human rights crimes now existing on Earth."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25556312.post-39081134995351120112008-06-07T17:03:00.000+00:002008-06-07T17:03:00.000+00:00Today's Independent:"Israel has withheld part of i...Today's Independent:<BR/><BR/>"Israel has withheld part of its $75m (£38m) monthly tax revenue payment to the Palestinian Authority after a diplomatic offensive by the Prime Minister, Salam Fayyad, designed to stop the continued expansion of Jewish settlements."<BR/><BR/>Israel of course wants to seize the last vestiges of Palestinian land. Even the pathetic toadies of Fatah are too much for the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25556312.post-77968883414536235962008-06-07T16:22:00.000+00:002008-06-07T16:22:00.000+00:00Since 1967, Israel has managed to kill more than 7...Since 1967, Israel has managed to kill more than 7000 Palestinians, and injured more than 160,000 Palestinians. It has arrested 800,000 Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza.<BR/><BR/>Alison is right. I suppose it won't be too long before a grisly "Green Against the Boycott" pops up to explain why they deserved it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25556312.post-80909570621621483352008-06-07T15:50:00.000+00:002008-06-07T15:50:00.000+00:00We should certainly give the anarchists our suppor...We should certainly give the anarchists our support. But we need to recognise that Israel is never going to be changed from within. Its trade union movement has always been comprehensively racist and its intellgentsia has always defended its sectarian privileges, and shown a chilling indifference to the plight of the Palestinians. The biggest hope is that the populations of Saudi Arabia, Jordan Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25556312.post-68563542305272319012008-06-07T15:37:00.000+00:002008-06-07T15:37:00.000+00:00"for the majority of Jewish Israelis a hard-line n..."for the majority of Jewish Israelis a hard-line nationalism is the consensus, eagerly goaded by a government desperate to distract from its own failures by clamouring more loudly for blood."<BR/><BR/>Like attacking Iran, for example. Or another invasion of Lebanon. It never ceases to amaze me that a state which has invaded Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon and what's left of Palestine still Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25556312.post-75235353050731343652008-06-07T14:48:00.000+00:002008-06-07T14:48:00.000+00:00A good analysis, Derek! You will now of course get...A good analysis, Derek! You will now of course get a lot of flak from those six people who make up 'Greens Against the Boycott'.<BR/><BR/>The anarchists are a very entertaining bunch, and also brave. I loved their stunt where they put red paint in public fountains, to symbolize Israel's bloody violence.<BR/><BR/>The anarchos I am sure would be happy to live in a single state alongside the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com