Unintended Consequences of Israel’s Assault on Palestine, by Paul Craig Roberts

Israel might lose. From Paul Craig Roberts at paulcraigroberts.org:

According to the Zionist propaganda Hamas is a collection of evil beasts.  How do we reconcile this propaganda with the excellent condition of the Israeli women and children hostages released by Hamas?  

Despite the Israeli devastation of Gaza and murder of Palestinian women and children, Hamas has obtained a victory of sorts.  Netanyahu’s vicious attack on civilians has exposed the underbelly of the Apartheid Zionist State.  It is no longer possible for Israel’s apologists to maintain that “Israel can do no wrong.”

For decades Israel has been slowly but surely squeezing Palestinians out of Palestine.  The world has tolerated it, in part because the Zionist violence was limited in time and extent and the impossible situation papered over with talk about the “two-state solution.”  But this time, the violence is unlimited and has the declared aim of emptying Palestine of Palestinians with Gazans driven into tent cities in Eqypt’s Sinai Desert.  It is not another case of emptying one specific village in the West Bank or a limited incursion into Gaza.  This time the world is faced with a declared Zionist agenda of genocide.

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