Wednesday, August 15, 2018

How to Talk to Benjamin Netanyahu

The latest turn of the screw in Israel's Operation Get Corbyn (which came in the wake of a Daily Mail beat-up, which came from... ):

"The laying of a wreath by Jeremy Corbyn on the graves [sic] of the terrorist who perpetrated the Munich massacre and his comparison of Israel to the Nazis deserves unequivocal condemnation from everyone - left, right and everything in between." (Benjamin Netanyahu tweet, 11/8/18)

And Corbyn's withering, tweeted response to this swaggering bully, the ideological heir to Irgun terrorist Menachem Begin:

"Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu's claims about my actions and words are false. What deserves unequivocal condemnation is the killing of over 160 Palestinian protesters in Gaza by Israeli forces since March, including dozens of children. The nation state law sponsored by Netanyahu's government discriminates against Israel's Palestinian minority. I stand with the tens of thousands of Arab and Jewish citizens of Israel demonstrating for equal rights at the weekend in Tel Aviv."

Western 'leaders', accustomed to swooning at Netanyahu's feet, take note.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Jeremy Corbyn, not drawn in by historical events, remains firmly fixed on current crimes. One can only hope he inspires others to have the courage to do the same.

Grappler said...

Talking of Gaza (a way of saying off-topic), I did a search for "Gaza boat" today on the ABC search site. There was nothing relevant from this year. So readers who rely on the Australian media - I haven't checked SMH - may not know that another ship bound for Gaza was "arrested" on the high seas - I believe it used to be called piracy - by the Israeli Navy a few days ago.

Here is an interview with one of the people on board the boat - Joe Meadors

https://consortiumnews.com/2018/08/14/consortium-news-radio-episode-2-joe-meadors/#comments

Joe is a USS Liberty survivor. He was not one of the 70% of the crew of that vessel killed or injured by the Israeli Navy during their entirely unprovoked attack on an American ship in international waters.