I don't think Gideon Levy meant for his headline to be taken literally. I think he was being ironic.
I had the opportunity to "meet" Gideon Levy on the phone when I was a volunteer for CPT Hebron in 1996. Gideon wrote repeatedly in his Ha'aretz column about a case that CPT Hebron was involved with, a Palestinian man who spoke Hebrew fluently, having worked many years in Israel, who had the misfortune that his house was very close to the Israeli settlement of Kiryat Arba. He and his family, especially his kids, were constantly being harassed and threatened by the settlers, who among other things, would throw rocks over the settlement fence onto his house, including while the CPT team was visiting the house. Of course the Israeli police did nothing about this. The impression I got of Gideon Levy from these interactions was of someone who was - unusual for an Israeli - genuinely and sincerely concerned about the fate of Palestinian human beings. He spent a long time on the phone with the Palestinian guy, clearly far more than he needed to in order to write his column. It was clear that he really felt terrible about how this guy was being treated and the fact that there was no justice for him. Robert Naiman Policy Director Just Foreign Policy www.justforeignpolicy.org [email protected] (202) 448-2898 x1 On Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 6:06 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > "Louis Proyect" <[email protected]> wrote: > > *>*It’s all Hamas’ fault, right Israel? > > Using translate.google.com look at the website ppp.ps for a view from the > left. > > (Somethings don't translate well) > > -- > Ron > > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > >
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