In another hopeful sign of change on Israel, the venerable, c
onservative New York Times publ ish
ed an Op Ed piece by Tony Judt, director of the Remarque Institute at New York University
and, notably, an American Jew.
This is noteworthy on two counts: 1) that the NYT would give a high profile to a piece critical of Israeli hardline policies and US support, and 2) that a prominent American Jew has the courage to make these criticisms levitra drugs generic propecia brand diflucan Viagra Jelly so publicly.
Mr Judt’s piece is well reasoned and worth reading on its own merits.
Below buy penicillin is the beginning, and a link to the full article.
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Israel Without Clichés
By TONY JUDT
Published: June 9, 2010
THE Israeli raid on the Free Gaza flotilla has generated an outpouring of clichés from the usual suspects. It is almost impossible to discuss the Middle East without resorting to tired accusations and ritual defenses: perhaps a little house cleaning is in order.
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No. 1: Israel is being/should be delegitimized
Israel is a state like any other, long-established and internationally recognized.
The bad behavior of its governments does not “delegitimize” it, any more than the bad behavior of the rulers of North tadalafil Buy Antibiotics medications Korea, Sudan — or, indeed, the United States — “delegitimizes” them. When Israel breaks international law, it should Cialis for sale be pressed to desist; Viagra Professional Kamagra but it is precisely because it is Cialis a state under international law that we have that sildenafil citrate leverage.
Some critics buy Amoxil generic of Israel are motivated by a wish that it did not exist buyviagra | buy cialis overseas | buy buy ampicillin cheap levitra drugs — that it would just somehow go away. But this is the politics of the ostrich: Flemish nationalists feel the same way about Belgium, Basque separatists Cialis online buy viagra online discount levitra vardenafil about Spain. Israel is not going away, nor should nolvadex buy it. As for the official Israeli public relations campaign to discredit any where can buy viagra cytotec asthma criticism as an exercise buy buy buy real viagra without prescription | buy cialis fast shipping | low price levitra cheap propecia cheap amoxicillin in “de-legitimization,” it is uniquely self-defeating.
Every time Jerusalem responds buy Buy Cialis online rx drugs without prescription this way, it highlights its own isolation.
No. 2: Israel is/is not a democracy
Perhaps the most common Buy Brand Levitra Online Pharmacy No Prescription Needed defense of Israel outside buy genuine viagra online | buy cialis overnight shipping | buy levitra cheap online the country is that it is “the only democracy in the Middle East.” This is largely true: the country has an independent judiciary and free elections, lasix buy online though it also discriminates against non-Jews in ways Viagra Professional that distinguish it from most other democracies online amoxil today. The expression of strong dissent from official policy is increasingly discouraged.
But the point is irrelevant.
cialis drug impotence “Democracy” is no guarantee of good behavior: most countries today are formally democratic — remember Eastern Europe’s “popular Brand Levitra democracies.” Israel belies the comfortable American cliché that “democracies don’t make war.” It is a democracy dominated and often governed by former professional soldiers: buy generic levitra this alone distinguishes it from other advanced countries.
And we should not forget that Gaza is another “democracy” in the Middle East: it was precisely because Hamas
won free elections price levitra there in 2005 that both the Palestinian Authority and Israel reacted with such vehemence.
No. 3: Israel is/is not to blame
Israel is not responsible for the fact that many of its near neighbors long denied its right online drugstore to exist. The sense of siege should not be underestimated when we try to understand the delusional quality of many Israeli pronouncements.
Unsurprisingly, the state has acquired pathological habits.
Of these,
the most damaging is its habitual resort to force. Because this worked for so Cheap Amoxil long — the easy victories of the country’s early years are ingrained in folk memory — Israel finds it difficult to conceive of other ways to respond. And the failure of the negotiations of 2000 at Camp David reinforced the belief that “there is no one to talk to.”
But there is. As American officials privately acknowledge, sooner or later Israel (or someone) will have to talk to Hamas. From French Algeria through South Africa to the Provisional I.R.A., the story repeats itself: the dominant power denies the legitimacy of the “terrorists,” thereby strengthening their hand; then it secretly negotiates with online pharmacy them; finally, it concedes power, Bactrim Online independence or a place at the table. Israel will negotiate with Hamas: the only question is why not now.
No. 4: The Palestinians are/are not to blame
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