Israel’s shameless mouthpiece

[Jos]

In yet another revealing speech, this time delivered at a symposium at IDC University in Herzliya, Tony Blair has exposed himself for what he truly is; not a "peace envoy" by any stretch of the imagination but a shameless mouthpiece for the State of Israel. Just days before direct negotiations are due to take place in the Middle East, in which he is supposed to be taking a neutral stance representing the Quartet (UN, EU, Russia and the USA), Blair has taken it upon himself to set aside any pretence of impartiality and reaffirm his "passion" for Israel. He has taken on the role of Israel’s defence attorney to plead with the world to try to empathise with Israel and to understand Israel’s point of view when it commits atrocities, human rights abuses and breaches of international law. He acknowledged that Israel is often perceived as "arrogant, overbearing and aggressive" but instead of examining why that might be such a widespread perception he went on to defend Israel’s crimes. Not for one moment, however, did he stop to ask anyone to consider the Palestinians’ point of view.

In this one short speech there were so many blatant attempts by Tony Blair at misdirection and misinformation that it is hard to know which was his most serious breach of professional decorum and where to start pointing out his now publicly-admitted bias; but regardless of where you start pretty much every statement he made was a crude attempt to spin the Israeli narrative. His whole speech was geared towards defending Israel and condemning the critics of Israel. He raised a whole host of issues which he seemed to have on a checklist and went through them one by one, making an attempt, and a very poor one at that, to defend Israel’s illegal actions.

The Freedom Flotilla

In reference to Israel’s military assault on the Freedom Flotilla to Gaza in May, for instance, Blair complained that critics of Israel "won’t accept that Israel might have a right to search vessels bringing cargo into Gaza." Well of course not! Critics of Israel are concerned with international law, and under international law Israel had absolutely no right to board a boat in international waters, kill nine unarmed civilians in cold blood and then kidnap hundreds of humanitarians and peace activists on board the ships and take them against their will to Israel where they were physically and mentally abused. "Might have a right," Mr. Blair? Who are you kidding?

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[hipeter924]

The terrorist flotilla can rape women and animals 24/7 so why are they still bitching? Not enough hoars and camels to go around?

 

[P F Tinmore]

The terrorist flotilla can rape women and animals 24/7 so why are they still bitching? Not enough hoars and camels to go around?

Could you post some links?

 

[Marc39]

In yet another revealing speech, this time delivered at a symposium at IDC University in Herzliya, Tony Blair has exposed himself for what he truly is; not a "peace envoy" by any stretch of the imagination but a shameless mouthpiece for the State of Israel. Just days before direct negotiations are due to take place in the Middle East, in which he is supposed to be taking a neutral stance representing the Quartet (UN, EU, Russia and the USA), Blair has taken it upon himself to set aside any pretence of impartiality and reaffirm his "passion" for Israel. He has taken on the role of Israel’s defence attorney to plead with the world to try to empathise with Israel and to understand Israel’s point of view when it commits atrocities, human rights abuses and breaches of international law. He acknowledged that Israel is often perceived as "arrogant, overbearing and aggressive" but instead of examining why that might be such a widespread perception he went on to defend Israel’s crimes. Not for one moment, however, did he stop to ask anyone to consider the Palestinians’ point of view.

In this one short speech there were so many blatant attempts by Tony Blair at misdirection and misinformation that it is hard to know which was his most serious breach of professional decorum and where to start pointing out his now publicly-admitted bias; but regardless of where you start pretty much every statement he made was a crude attempt to spin the Israeli narrative. His whole speech was geared towards defending Israel and condemning the critics of Israel. He raised a whole host of issues which he seemed to have on a checklist and went through them one by one, making an attempt, and a very poor one at that, to defend Israel’s illegal actions.

The Freedom Flotilla

In reference to Israel’s military assault on the Freedom Flotilla to Gaza in May, for instance, Blair complained that critics of Israel "won’t accept that Israel might have a right to search vessels bringing cargo into Gaza." Well of course not! Critics of Israel are concerned with international law, and under international law Israel had absolutely no right to board a boat in international waters, kill nine unarmed civilians in cold blood and then kidnap hundreds of humanitarians and peace activists on board the ships and take them against their will to Israel where they were physically and mentally abused. "Might have a right," Mr. Blair? Who are you kidding?

Israel’s shameless mouthpiece :: www.uruknet.info :: informazione dal medio oriente :: information from middle east :: [vs-5]

Israel was in total compliance with maritime law in intercepting the flotilla.

Now, even you know, Ho-say.