Uri Avnery is always a great inspiration and has appeared many times on this blog. His latest piece is a must read:
The words of the new president are ringing in the air: “Our power alone cannot protect us, nor does it entitle us to do as we please.” The key words were “humility and restraint”.
Our leaders are now boasting about their part in the Gaza War, in which unbridled military force was unleashed intentionally against a civilian population, men, women and children, with the declared aim of “creating deterrence”. In the era that began last Tuesday, such expressions can only arouse shudders.
Between Israel and the United States a gap has opened this week, a narrow gap, almost invisible – but it may widen into an abyss.
Tags: Israeli Politics, US Politics