The Fallout from Gaza

The Fallout from Gaza
By Scott Horton - http://harpers.org/archive/2009/03/hbc-90004588

As Israeli politics make a leap to the right, Ethan Bronner charts the growing public debate in Israel over techniques used in the assault on Gaza in a compelling article:

testimony is emerging from within the ranks of soldiers and officers alleging a permissive attitude toward the killing of civilians .....

.... Ultranationalist Russian émigré Avigdor Lieberman has been tapped to be Israel’s new foreign minister. Lieberman’s penchant for diplomacy is demonstrated by his recent call for the President of Egypt to “go to hell,” and his suggestion that the conflict in Gaza would best be resolved by dropping a nuclear bomb on its inhabitants.

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He wants to nuke Gaza. What a flying dipshit.

On the bright side though, it would appear the situation is coming to a head in Israel. The violent right is drifting to the top, and everyone's going to be able to see the pustule for what it is.