[DEBATE] : Israel, Gaza and the politics of victimhood

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 11:24 AM,  <grinker at mweb.co.za> wrote:
> Thursday 22 January 2009
> Israel, Gaza and the politics of victimhood
> Are we seeing the rise of 'humanitarian' anti-Semitism, with Israelis
> treated as the new Serbs? One author thinks so.
> Philip Cunliffe
<snip>
> Rather
> it is the benefit that Western states, particularly America, derive from
> their ideological compact with the victim-state since the launch of the war
> on terror in 2001 (if not before).

Western states, even the USA but especially Western Europe, can derive
more material and ideological benefits by ceasing to support Israel
whose outrageous conduct inflames Arab and Muslim opinions against the
key Arab clients of the USA -- a potentially explosive problem for
imperialists.  Israel has outlived its usefulness to the multinational
empire.

Yoshie