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“Israel” Suffered a Double Defeat

“Israel” Suffered a Double Defeat
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normanfinkelstein.com, 22-11-2012

By Norman Finkelstein

It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that "Israel" has just suffered a historic defeat. One only had to watch the international news coverage.
BBC persisted in its typically awful reportage on the "Israel"-Palestine conflict during "Israel's" latest rampage.

But tonight it had to acknowledge that the people of Gaza were out in the streets celebrating. It desperately sought some "balance" by positing that "some people in Israel are probably also celebrating."

Fat chance.

CNN aired Christiane Amanpour's "exclusive" interview with Khaled Meshal. Despite, or perhaps because of, her silly histrionics ("What do you want?" she tearfully pleaded), Meshal came across as remarkably articulate.
It could not have failed to register even on the terrifyingly stupid Abu Mazen that the PA Comedy Hour will soon be cancelled.
Meshal also explicitly endorsed a settlement on the June 1967 border, which won't please the BDS/One-State cultists.

CNN then televised the "Israeli" news conference of Netanyahu, Lieberman and Barak.

They looked like three sixth-graders called down to the Principal's Office, counting the minutes until the humiliation was over.
"Israel" suffered a double defeat.
Its announced goal when it went into Gaza was to restore its "deterrence capacity."

But at the end of the day its deterrence capacity had been drastically reduced:
The once mighty "Israeli" army that caused the whole Arab/Muslim world to tremble could not even defeat the impoverished and weaponless tiny enclave of Gaza.

"Israel" demanded an unconditional and unilateral secession of Hamas "rocket" attacks.

But "Israel" had to accept a mutual ceasefire. It also had to make promises regarding the siege of Gaza. It is highly improbable that anything will come of these "Israeli" promises, but still, "Israel" could not unilaterally impose its will.
Let it, finally, be said:

In praise of the ever-martyred but ever-heroic and ever-renascent people of Gaza.
May they live to see the full brightness of dawn.

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