"Pity the nation that acclaims the bully as hero, and that deems the glittering conqueror bountiful"
Verses like this from the Lebanese poet Kahlil Gibran inspired the late Robert Fisk to write down his account of the 1982 war in Lebanon in the strongly recommended book "Pity The Nation - The Abduction of Lebanon"
Once having studied his first hand reports about Israel behaving as the neigbourhood bully using the inner rifts of the differrent factions inside Lebanon
to conquer divide and rule
finally letting the massacre of the Palestinian refugees in Sabra and Shatila happen standing by watching the perpetrators
you learn to know that the younger history of this Mediterranean country is heavily burdened with spilt blood and shedded tears.
In her moving account of the ongoing Israeli attacks Lara Bitar reminds of this bitter history and draws a line of pain and sorrow we as Westerners are very much responsible for by defending Israel against coming under the material pressure of international boycotts, sanctions and divestments
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pxXMrq_HHk&t=622s
Dhyan Nada :vegananarchism:
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