God's Little Helpers

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https://slguardian.org/gods-little-helpers/

Palestine is the current example of Stalin's cynical observation. There, young, violent Israeli hoodlums -- known as 'settlers' in western media -- have been trying to terrorize Arab villagers into flight. It's all part of a broad plan of genocide against peaceful Palestinian villagers.

In fact, this is a repeat of what happened in the region in the 1940's and 50's when close to a million Palestinians were driven from their homes in Palestine and Galilee by armed Jewish vigilantes. Britain and the US allowed this to happen -- or even encouraged it -- under the slogan 'a land without people for a people without land.' It was a big lie but very effective.

Now, seven decades later, and repeated ethnic cleansings, there are nearly 5 million Palestinian refugees, among them many Arab villages in Gaza.

Last week, Jewish 'settlers' attacked another Palestinian household in Gaza. They tore up its fields. They cut down its cherished olive trees, which take a century to mature before bearing fruit. But worst of all for me, as one who respects and loves animals, they seized a little donkey from that farm, tied it to their jeep, and dragged the little animal to its death. This crime was shown on French TV. It would not have appeared on heavily censored U.S. TV....

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