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Ben & Jerry’s New York Times Treacle

It’s a long-used liberal Zionist nostrum that Israel is a “liberal democracy.”  This enables a separation between the Occupation from Israel itself, and so redeem the latter, while condemning the former.  But this is no longer a credible moral stance.  Israel itself has abandoned democracy in favor of Judeo-supremacy. This is shown not only via the 50 laws which discriminate against Palestinian citizens of Israel; it is also inscribed in the Nation State law which explicitly states that the country exists by, of, and for Jews.  Among other things the legislation specifically abandoned Arabic as one of the country’s national languages and Islam as one of its recognized religions.

While Israel has not formally annexed the Territories, it maintains full control over all of it.  Even areas in which the PA is supposed to have full control are routinely invaded by Israeli forces who arrest Palestinians, and destroy homes, businesses and non-profit offices.  In Gaza, Israel maintains a two decade illegal siege of the enclave, including control of ingress and egress, fulfilling the international definition of a military occupation.  In addition, Human Rights Watch just released a report finding that Israel’s attack on Gaza last May constituted war crimes.  It urged the International Criminal Court to include these events in its ongoing investigation, which the outgoing chief prosecutor said she would do during the war.