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Posts Tagged ‘Israeli militarism’

"The Good Ones" who act very, very bad

By Mary Rizzo • Aug 13th, 2009 • Category: Education, Hasbara Deconstruction Site, Israel, Newswire, Palestine, Religion, War, Zionism

Being an apologist is different from apologising. Given the major loss of human life, including many unarmed and unthreatening men, women and children, just like those in the picture raising the white flag and later shot at, it has become almost ridiculous for Israelis to insist that their army has anything remotely resembling morals, but this [...]



Deconstructing Bibi – Between Darth Vadar and Julius Caesar

By Mary Rizzo • Jul 30th, 2009 • Category: Analysis, Israel, Mary's Choice, Newswire, Palestine, Religion, Zionism

PM Netanyahu addresses National Defense College graduates
The Israeli Prime Minister’s speech, disseminated by the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs (what I like to call the Science Fiction Department of the Globe for their interpretation of reality) is another exercise in using rhetoric to pre-emptively set the scenario for the next battle against the impending global [...]