Tariq Ali - Stop The Massacre: Israel Out Of Gaza - 10th Jan

Tariq Ali addresses the Stop The Massacre: Israel Out Of Gaza rally outside the Israeli Embassy, Kensington, London, 10th January 2009. Stills on Flickr at www.flickr.com/photos/ectomorfo

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[habby06]

what is this bullshit?

[ectomorfoo]

Another Intelligent comment from the Zionist lobby...

[habby06]

I'm not part of any lobby just a Zionist.

[ectomorfoo]

The fact that you saw fit to leave a comment on my clip suggests otherwise. I live in hope that one day I will come across a Zionist of sufficient wisdom to be able to make an intelligent point. You are clearly not that person.

[ectomorfoo]

I think they'll tell you something different! Would this be the same Israel where the Central Elections Committee tried to bar Arab parties from even running in the last election? Would this be the same Knesset where Arab members are constantly faced with racist abuse? Would this be the same Knesset where Jewish Cabinet Ministers shout down Arab members when they try to speak in the chamber and regularly have them ejected? Arab members of the Knesset regard Israel as being UNDEMOCRATIC.

[Stone1917]

Let me guess: self-determination doesn't apply to Jews, right? The very fact that you claim that Israel is not a democracy (arabs enjoy more rights there than they do in any other arab country) demonstrates that you have an ideological animus against it. As for Hamas not using civilians as human shields, I don't think even you believe that. Also, you still haven't addressed Hamas firing rockets at Israeli civilians.. I guess you don't want to face the uncomfortable fact that it's a war crime!

[ectomorfoo]

I addressed that in my very first response, as I have addressed every 'point' you've tried to make. You, instead, have chosen to ignore most of my points, presumably because you had nothing believable to say in response. It is risible to claim that Apartheid Israel is a democracy - it'd take me minutes to list 100 reasons why that is not the case. What's your comment on the UN school catastrophe, as your current stance makes you even more extreme than Israel's Zionist government itself?

[habby06]

The fact that you post such hateful speech, where someone is calling for the destruction of a country, demonstrates your intelligence.

Perhaps it would be helpful to look in the mirror.

[Stone1917]

runawayrebel. What occupation are you talking about?? The West Bank is run by the PA and Gaza is run by... Hamas! You also ignore the crucial distinction between Hamas and Israel, one fires *at* civilians, while the other aims at an armed group and sometimes tragically kills civilians. But you don't really care about human life. You care about using the Palestinians to make a political point. Oh, and ask Israeli Arab members of the Knesset if Israel is a democracy. They will tell you!

[runawayrebel]

Maybe you should start thinking from the beginning. You are the ones occupying the Palestinians land, and they are trying to protect it.Human shields?When was there any place that is safe from the Israeli missiles and air strikes? Hamas firing rockets at you is retaliation to what you do to their peoples. They dont have F16s but they have truth.The Gaza attacks showed the real face of Israel, it is a civilian killing, ethnic cleansing machine that can never, and i say never become a democracy.