Tuesday, 10 May 2011


Springtime For Arabs/Happy Independence Day Israel


>> TUESDAY, MAY 10, 2011

What is the Arab Spring? People think the uprisings in the Arab world denote a kind of dawning of the age of Aquarius.

“Harmony and understanding, Sympathy and trust abounding”
they chirrup delusionally. But the Arab Spring is..... a spring. Coiled, tense, and poised to uncoil in an explosion of hatred for Israel, and perhaps the West as well. The BBC have lost interest in Egypt, but the Muslim Brotherhood is in the ascendant, and Jupiter Aligns with Mars, Diplomatic relations have been re-established with Iran.
Then peace will guide the planets And love will steer the stars.
Right. The BBC’s Kevin Connolly acknowledges that if democracy emerges from the Arab Spring it will be the kind of democracy that grants the people, by popular vote, the one thing that unites them. The freedom to give full vent to their anti Israel sentiment.
Popular sentiment in Egypt appears to run strongly against Israel and sooner or later if the largest country in the Arab world is to become a democracy, then it seems reasonable to assume that will be reflected in the attitudes of future parliaments and governments.
Connolly appears to find nothing wrong with that, and I gather he’s saying that the Arab uprisings will empower the ill informed, uneducated masses to scapegoat Israel for all their very own failings, corruptions and incompetences, and it’s up to Mr. Netanyahu, the instinctive prevaricator, to deal with it as best he can. Tunisia. Egypt. Libya. Bahrain. Yemen. Syria. Iraq.
Dissonance not understanding Death and violence abounding Only falsehoods and delusions Darkly dying dreams of visions Cryptic twisted revolution Stifling true liberation. Aquarius! Aquarius.
I wonder if Kevin Connolly has the faintest idea of the value of Israel as astaunch, vital and enormously useful ally of its fellow Western countries – of the U.S. as well as the UK, not to the mention the entire NATO alliance. The BBC marks Israel’s 63rd birthday with a report about the protest against the government by Gilad Schalit’s relations because it ‘mars Independence day event.’ The Palestinians attack Israel. Israel imposes sanctions. Hamas syphons off aid leaving poverty and deprivation in Gaza. The Palestinians blame Israel. The Palestinians attack Israel. Israel retaliates. The Palestinians still blame Israel. Gilad Schalit is kidnapped by Hamas. Hamas demands the release of hundreds of Palestinian criminals in exchange for his release and denies him access to the Red Cross. Everyone blames Israel. I can’t wait to see how the BBC will report the forthcoming Nakba Day.