In this last round of brutal, disproportionate attacks on Gaza, Israel has clearly revealed its long term strategy. They give lip service to peace negotiations, but have no incentive to actually make any concessions, that could led to peace. Would you? The have the top hand. Superior military power, control of the levers of opinion and funding, and the protection of America, which supports their policies no matter how far they go astray. The US would actually find some reason to support Israeli polices were they to descend to ethnic cleansing and genocide. Or have they done so already? The latest Gaza round has caused the deaths of more than 1800, Palestinians....almost all civilians...and mostly women, children and the elderly. More than 9,000 were wounded. Mr. Obama's response to this massacre was "Israel has the right to defend itself."
They have the political agenda sewed up. Don't bother writing to your representative or senator, all our politicians are shivering in their boots when it comes to Israel----afraid of being labeled "anti Semites" even if they simply question Israeli propaganda. Our media are also manacled. So there will be no succor from that quarter. There appears to be no recourse for those who would see a more peaceful a more just world...
With the deck stacked against those who seek peace....the only possible means of eliciting change in Israeli leadership is for each of us to use the economic lever we all have at hand in our pocketbooks. We can simply refuse to buy Israeli products. Israel has a vibrant economy almost exclusively based on selling products abroad. They are dependent upon YOU to buy those products. But if we disagree with their policies we can make a choice for a more peaceful, just world. That is a BOYCOTT. Why should we financially support a government which flaunts international law, refuses to negotiate in good faith, engages in creeping confiscation of lands illegally, and periodically descends into military adventures which brutalize and kill innocent civilians and children seemingly without compunction?
If we were all to simply stop purchasing Israeli made products, services, and attending Israeli sponsored events...the global impact would be astounding.
Support peace, demilitarization, and global welfare by simply boycotting Israeli goods, products and services. That would get their attention almost immediately.
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