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Horrific. Unjustified. Morally wrong. But 'unprovoked'?
After the Palestinian group Hamas launched the biggest attack on
Israel in years--with many killed, hostages taken, and fighting
raging--many US elected officials released statements Saturday
condemning the "unprovoked" attacks.
But many others took to Twitter Saturday to ask incredulously how
Israel�s continued brutal occupation of the Palestinian people cannot
be considered a provocation.
75 years of ethnic cleansing
15 years of blockade
Confiscation of Palestinian lands
Pogroms on Palestinian towns
Desecration of Palestinian sacred sites
Daily raids into Palestinian homes
Constant humiliation of a entire people
Nothing about today is "unprovoked."
Writer Caitlin Johnstone tweeted: "It's clear now that whenever the
western political/media class starts bleating the word "unprovoked" in
unison, you know with absolute certainty that whatever they're talking
about was massively provoked."
https://www.commondreams.org/news/horrific-unjustified-morally-wrong-but-unprovoked
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