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Mar. 15th, 2011 05:56 pmI have more to say about recent events and some of my recent reading, but I think this blog entry says (or quotes) some very pertinent things.
Part of me admires for the idealism of the statement that
As Remnick says, "The Palestinian question is not an internal matter for Israel; it is an international matter." This is not just an issue for the Arab or even Muslim world to be in agony over, it's an issue that should resonate globally. Injustice and morality should not be relativised.
Of course they should not, but it is an inescapable fact of international relations that they are, every day. But I couldn't agree more with the author's previous statement:
The status quo in the Middle East, in all of the Middle East, is undeniably failing and the United States cannot, for our own security, stand by and watch. The revolutions we have witnessed and are witnessing are not about Israel nor are they about the United States, but it is a mistake to think that the concern felt in the Arab world for the Palestinian people is only a construction or a ploy created by autocratic regimes attempting to bait and switch their people into focusing on Israel-Palestine rather than on injustices within their own countries. This concern will not go away with a change in government.
Part of me admires for the idealism of the statement that
As Remnick says, "The Palestinian question is not an internal matter for Israel; it is an international matter." This is not just an issue for the Arab or even Muslim world to be in agony over, it's an issue that should resonate globally. Injustice and morality should not be relativised.
Of course they should not, but it is an inescapable fact of international relations that they are, every day. But I couldn't agree more with the author's previous statement:
The status quo in the Middle East, in all of the Middle East, is undeniably failing and the United States cannot, for our own security, stand by and watch. The revolutions we have witnessed and are witnessing are not about Israel nor are they about the United States, but it is a mistake to think that the concern felt in the Arab world for the Palestinian people is only a construction or a ploy created by autocratic regimes attempting to bait and switch their people into focusing on Israel-Palestine rather than on injustices within their own countries. This concern will not go away with a change in government.
