Ali Abunimah om israeliska valet

Ali Abunimah skriver på Electronic Intifada om valrörelsen och -resultatet i Israel. Detta för övrigt om Ehud Barak, partiledare för Israels socialdemokratiska parti, liksom de svenska socialdemokraterna medlem av Andra Internationalen (Socialistinternationalen):

Barak, once considered "dovish," promoted a bloodthirsty image in the campaign, bolstered by the massacres of Gaza civilians he directed as defense minister. "Who has he ever shot?" Barak quipped derisively about Avigdor Lieberman, the leader of the proto-fascist Yisrael Beitenu party, in an attempt to paint the latter as a lightweight.

Och till sist:

But Israel today is lurching into open fascism. It is utterly disingenuous to continue to pretend -- as so many do -- that its failed and criminal leaders hold the key to getting out of the morass. Instead of waiting for them to form a coalition, we must escalate the international civil society campaign of boycott, divestment and sanctions to force Israelis to choose a saner path.

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