It is true that the European Union leaders who came to occupied Jerusalem last January to publicly embrace Ehud Olmert, the then Israeli prime minister, - while white phosphorus seared the flesh of Gazan children and bodies lay under the rubble - still cower before their respective Israel lobbies, as do American and Canadian politicians.
But the shift in public opinion is palpable as Israel's own actions transform it into a pariah whose driving forces are not the liberal democratic values with which it claims to identify, but ultra-nationalism, racism, religious fanaticism, settler-colonialism and a Jewish supremacist order maintained by frequent massacres.
Below are some recent articles discussing the continued siege of Gaza and the intentional Israeli policy of utterly destroying the lives of those who live in the Strip. One of the most direct quotes started this article.
Israel Resembles a Failed State, Al-Jazeera
Punish, Humiliate, Terrorise, Al-Jazeera
Tough military stance stirs little debate in Israel, NYT
I am hanging out in New York currently, hitting up some museums, meeting endless amounts of Swedes and Brazilians at the hostel and enjoying some greenery and fairly decent weather. I'll be heading down to DC later this afternoon.
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