Further evidence that the Israeli narrative is falling apart in the U.S. mainstream. Last night CNN’s Piers Morgan hosted Israeli president Shimon Peres, and made Peres look a lot older than his 89 years by repeatedly questioning Peres’s storyline. The clip above contains just one of two or three sallies by Morgan. Here’s that one:
I think the critics would say that this particular strategy has proven over the last few years to be an unsuccessful one, and in fact all it achieves, because of the densely populated nature of the Gaza Strip in particular, it just foments more hostility among the people toward Israel and that in the long term cannot be good for Israel, and that what needs to happen is some way to make to make the people of Gaza feel less oppressed.
Dump Likud-Beiteinu. Save Israel. Save the Middle East. Save America.
“Gaza is open” for “producers of death?” President Peres either has trouble staying on message — mixing contrasting talking points — or he is showing signs of dementia.
“We try really not to make their lives difficult”. This old guy thinks hes fooling people?
Your “try” is not good enough. Get out of the occupation and oppression business, and stick to good business practices. There should be no such thing as “TRYING” not to make anyones life difficult. You should not be involved in their lives period end of discussion.
Helen Thomas said it best: “Get the hell out of Palestine and leave those people alone!”
Isn’t this whole thing a side show from the issue of resources and who owns what? Think the large gas field right off Gaza. Think how British Gas has been negotiating with Tel Aviv on these gas fields.
The issue of sovereignty over Gaza’s gas fields is crucial. From a legal standpoint, the gas reserves belong to Palestine.
The death of Yasser Arafat, the election of the Hamas government and the ruin of the Palestinian Authority have enabled Israel to establish de facto control over Gaza’s offshore gas reserves.
British Gas (BG Group) has been dealing with the Tel Aviv government. In turn, the Hamas government has been bypassed in regards to exploration and development rights over the gas fields.
More information and maps here:
http://www.globalresearch.ca/war-and-natural-gas-the-israeli-invasion-and-gaza-s-offshore-gas-fields/11680
And reports of the conflicts around the drilling negotiations with BG.
The offshore natural gas field discovered in 2000 is valued at around £2 billion and, despite the existence of a deal between the Palestinian Authority and British Gas for its development, the project has been stuck due to the ongoing split between Fatah and Hamas and Israeli objections.
http://www.thejc.com/news/world-news/88122/british-gas-hamas-project
Actually, the estimates of value stated above are on the really low end.
And our friend Tony Blair is involved in the negotiations between British Gas and the PLO over the Gaza fields.
http://www.offshore-technology.com/news/newspalestinian-natural-gas-fields-gaza-strip
There is a big dynamic here that seems to be off the radar of observers.
Something like a 100:1 kill ratio (Israel vs Gazans) with Cast Lead, but the Palestinians are ‘Producers of Death’. You can’t make this stuff up!