| Topic: | Re:Re:Pope calls for an immediate end to the barbarity in Palestine. | |
| Posted by: | Steven Rose | |
| Date/Time: | 24/07/25 23:46:00 |
| I stand corrected on Stephen Cottrell’s call for a ceasefire in Ukraine. But am I wrong about his having taken sides? He calls the Russian invasion an act of evil but offers no criticism of the Ukrainians. In respect of Gaza, however, he calls the Israeli campaign depraved but doesn’t criticise the Palestinians, not all of whom are innocent - not the psychopaths who carried out the massacre on October 7, nor the 30 /40 000 strong army of militants who hold hostages and steal food from the humanitarian agencies, nor the civilians who jeered at the bleeding German/ Israeli girl who was paraded in the streets of Gaza before being murdered, nor the hundred of thousands who voted for and then supported a party which advocates the extermination of the Jewish population of Israel. As to the complaint about whataboutery, If you write endlessly about Israel’s conduct, you should expect to be asked why you don’t comment with equal passion on other countries like China or Sudan. People might think you are simply prejudiced. It is up to you, of course, to decide whether you wish to continue a discussion with me on this or any other topic. |