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![]() Even the New York Times doesn’t believe Netanyahu
Alan Hart urges the New York Times to focus on how the logic of Zionism will manifest itself in Israeli policy: a new round of ethnic cleansing, “provoking an all-out confrontation with the Palestinians to give the Israeli military and the armed settlers the pretext for driving the Palestinians off the West Bank”.
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Alan Hart urges the New York Times – and other Western media – to focus on how the logic of Zionism will manifest itself in Israeli policy: a new round of ethnic cleansing, “provoking an all-out confrontation with the Palestinians to give the Israeli military and the armed settlers the pretext for driving the Palestinians off the West Bank”.
In an editorial on 26 March, the New York Times declared that it is “even more sceptical now” of Netanyahu’s professed commitment to peacemaking and a two-state solution. A sign that Zionism’s freedom to muzzle the mainstream American media is no longer without limit? Perhaps. But refreshing though this New York Times editorial stance was – broadly pro-Obama and anti-Netanyahu – it missed, by default or design, a major point; but we’ll come to that in a moment. The editorial’s opening paragraph was this:
It went on to say that the Obama administration should “insist” that proximity talks, once started, should grapple immediately with core issues like borders and security, “not incidentals”.
The point the editorial missed is that Netanyahu is not a complete liar. He is merely thoroughly disingenuous, as Zionism by nature is, was and always will be. Netanyahu did indeed pay lip-service to a “two-state” solution. The question is: why did he and what two-state solution did he have in mind?
The answer to the first part of the question is not a mystery to those who are informed by more than Zionist propaganda. Netanyahu understands, as Sharon understood, that if Israel remains in occupation of all the West Bank, it will have three options.
Alan Hart is a former ITN and BBC “Panorama” foreign correspondent and a Middle East specialist. His Latest book is Zionism: The Real Enemy of the Jews. He blogs at www.alanhart.net and tweets at www.twitter.com/alanauthor. Source: Redress Information & Analysis (http://www.redress.cc). Material published on Redress may be republished with full attribution to Redress Information & Analysis (http://www.redress.cc) Republished with Permission from Redress |
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tags: Netanyahu / West Bank / Obama / Arab Leaders / Gaza / Jewish State / IOA / IOF / New York Times / Israeli Policy / Two-State Solution / Obama Administration / American Media / Western Media / Sharon / Greater Israel
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