*Now* They Want to Negotiate
Where were you fellas for the past 2 years?
Former US president Jimmy Carter and former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan wish to arrive in Israel in the coming months in order to help negotiate a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, Army Radio reported.
(Hat tip: Meryl Yourish, where she lists a number of other new stories worth your time.)
Kinda’ gives you a peek into their heads. A ceasefire is to get combatants to stop firing. But apparently hundreds of Qassam rockets aren’t considered “firing” to these guys. Or, more likely, it’s only “firing” if Israel is doing it.
And this is revealing as well.
According to the report, Israel is opposed to the initiative, but officials said that Jerusalem would be well advised to try and channel the visit into a positive track so as not to damage the country’s image in the media.
Don’t know who these officials might be, but it’s interesting to note that Carter and Annan are just shills, knowingly or not, for the Hamas PR machine. Are these the kinds of naive negotiators we need in the Middle East? (Hint: No.)
I know I’ve been on this kick the past few days, but this sort of foolishness and outright bias doesn’t seem to get enough notice generally.
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I hear you. The bias drives me up the wall as well, but when you have people like Carter and Annan against you, it’s more proof to me Israel is right.
Indeed, you just have to look at the one-sided actions by those who purport to care, and the one-sided coverage of it. Remarkable.