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Well Joseph, *Timeo Danos et dona ferentes* and all that. I do not know if this guess could be described as educated, but my feeling is that we underestimate the impact on liberals and progressivists of the slaughter (of the children especially) in the recent burst of war criminality. Moreover only Abbas' refusal to take Israel to the Hague prevents that criminality from being officially recognized. Israel is conscious, very much so, of the PR damage done to it by their butchery. The Zionist project always required an attempt to seize the moral high ground - a light onto the nations and all that. The ascetic figure of Ben Gurion in his library and his retirement to a kibbutz captured that moment perfectly. But neo-liberalism destroyed the kibbutz ethic and the dialectics of colonial conquest brought to power the type of people who previously were confined to practice their dirty work in cellars and prison cells. There is also the military failure of the Gaza offensive. this was carefully calibrated with Egypt and the goal was nothing less than the destruction of Hamas. What it accomplished was a truly inspiring demonstration of the enduring determination of Palestine to survive. Ooops!!! So this permission to pray IMHO is a gesture meant to make the butchers and the perpetrators of colonial conquest and the specialists in the dirty business of ethnic cleansing appear to be more like statesmen. It is merely a gesture, but one they feel compelled to make. Even though in the making of it they unconsciously reveal how horrible the status quo is. Being allowed by the conquerors to pray in one of the holiest shrines in Islam, just shows how much the freedom of worship has been restricted. comradely Gary On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 7:10 AM, Joseph Catron via Marxism < marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu> wrote: > ====================================================================== > Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. > ====================================================================== > > > Any educated guesses as to why the occupation would do this, now, or what's > in it for them? > > "Israel will allow 500 residents of theGaza Strip to pray in occupied East > Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque next week for the first time since 2007, a > government source has said. > > "Permits issued by Israel will allow the Gazans to pray inside the Al-Aqsa > for three days starting Sunday, the source, from the Palestinian Civil > Affairs Ministry, told Anadolu Agency." > > > http://www.aa.com.tr/en/rss/398037--for-1st-time-since-2007-israel-allows-gazans-into-aqsa > > -- > "Hige sceal þe heardra, heorte þe cenre, mod sceal þe mare, þe ure mægen > lytlað." > ________________________________________________ > Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu > Set your options at: > http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/gary.maclennan1%40gmail.com > ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
