{"id":2711,"date":"2007-11-25T20:22:53","date_gmt":"2007-11-26T01:22:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=2711"},"modified":"2007-11-25T20:22:53","modified_gmt":"2007-11-26T01:22:53","slug":"demands-of-a-thief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=2711","title":{"rendered":"Demands of a thief"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gideon Levy, Ha’aretz<\/em>, 25 November 2007<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The public discourse in Israel has momentarily awoken from its slumber. “To give or not to give,” that is the Shakespearean question – “to make concessions” or “not to make concessions.” It is good that initial signs of life in the Israeli public have emerged. It was worth going to Annapolis if only for this reason – but this discourse is baseless and distorted. Israel is not being asked “to give” anything to the Palestinians; it is only being asked to return – to return their stolen land and restore their trampled self-respect, along with their fundamental human rights and humanity. This is the primary core issue, the only one worthy of the title, and no one talks about it anymore.<\/p>\n

No one is talking about morality anymore. Justice is also an archaic concept, a taboo that has deliberately been erased from all negotiations. Two and a half million people – farmers, merchants, lawyers, drivers, daydreaming teenage girls, love-smitten men, old people, women, children and combatants using violent means for a just cause – have all been living under a brutal boot for 40 years. Meanwhile, in our cafes and living rooms the conversation is over giving or not giving.<\/p>\n

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