Gaza protest
It’s remarkable that there has been little in the general press about the killing of another Palestinian protester in the Gaza strip two days ago. It’s another case of a stone thrower suffering from ‘overkill’ and the creation of a popular martyr.
This comes almost exactly a month after a Palestinian teenager was killed, and there are continuing injuries to Western protesters in Gaza. We mustn’t of course forget the case of Rachel Corrie and other protestors…. The increased killing of protesters, and attacks on
foreign protestors does nothing to engender international support for Israel. Instead, it further reinforces contempt for Israel. Tzvia Greenfield in Haaretz has now summed up the problem for Israel as: Make peace or disappear.
