12.04.2008

Politicians in the service of Israel shame us all

Who could have believed that by Christmas 2008 the West would still be unable to summon up courage to discipline Israel for crimes against the Palestinians?

The cruel siege of Gaza has been going on for at least 30 months. “It started March 2006 – I was there,” says a friend. In other words, as soon as Hamas was inconveniently elected to power. In early April the EU turned off financial aid and the economic blockade had begun.

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