Michael Oren, 1/28/09 Lecture Preview

Michael Oren: The Gaza Crisis from an Historical and Personal Perspective
January 28, 2009

Michael B. Oren is a professor in the Program of Jewish Civilization in the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown. Specializing in the diplomatic and military history of the Middle East, he also comments on Middle Eastern affairs for CBS.

Dr. Oren is the author of Six Days of War: June 1967 and The Making of the Modern Middle East, published in 2002 by Oxford University Press. His most recent book, Power, Faith, and Fantasy: America in the Middle East, 1776 to the Present, was eight weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and won a National Council of the Humanities History Book Award.

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[DavidFirmanYT]

Yep, those Gazans have it easy, unlike the cruel dilemma faced by Israel. Slaughter of women and children in their own house? Roses! Aerial bombing of the densest urban area in the world for three weeks, with nowhere to flee, and only 30 minutes notice that one's house will be gutted? Honey! Going for months with limited medicines, food, and basic supplies? Cake!

Israel has disbanded all settlements (post-1967),

been so warm to Fatah for decades, and made so much progress at peace. Great talk!

[eshy10]

"Slaughter of women and children in their own house?"

Talk to the Hamas terrorists about using Palestinian civilians as human shields.

"Aerial bombing of the densest urban area in the world..."

1) It's not the densest area in the world (look at Singapore) and 2) Israel uses laser-guided, small radius, precision weapons to ensure that it only hits Hamas.

"Going for months with limited medicines, food, and basic supplies?"

Israel lets in hundreds of humanitarian trucks every day.