UN Condemns Demolitions

Hot on the heels of UN condemnation of Israel for the destruction of homes of these refugees ...

Bob Tarantino on the Sunday Toronto Star;

Anyways, on to my main man, Haroon Siddiqui. Haroon was very angry yesterday. He's very grumpy about Israel destroying Palestinian homes. Now, personally, I think that imposing collective punishment on a group for the actions of individuals is, in most circumstances, grotesque. That being said, taking Hamas and Hizb'Allah at their word, Israel is in a state of war, so where the lines are drawn on these sorts of things gets moved around a bit. Besides which, I prefer to take the Naomi Kleinian view of the destruction of private property: it's just legitimate resistance against globalization. What's that? You don't see the connection between Israeli destruction of Palestinian homes and opposition to corporate globalization? Funny, I don't see the connection between a bunch of upper- middle-class white kids breaking McDonald's windows while wearing their Nikes and opposition to corporate globalization, so I guess we're about even.

Anyhoo, Haroon declares that Bush is supporting Israel in an effort "to win as many Jewish votes and donations away from Democrats as he can". You know I can never keep this stuff straight: I thought the Jews ran the US government. If so, why does Bush need to win their votes? I'm so confused.

Go read the rest, he's stringing them up, left and left - even the "Ombud". That's right - in the interests of stretching political correctness well past the point of absurdity, the Toronto Star has dropped the "man".

Posted by Kate at May 24, 2004 12:01 PM