{"id":317,"date":"2004-01-27T04:34:10","date_gmt":"2004-01-27T08:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/wordpress\/?p=317"},"modified":"2004-01-27T04:34:10","modified_gmt":"2004-01-27T08:34:10","slug":"diagnosing-benny-morris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=317","title":{"rendered":"Diagnosing Benny Morris"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gabriel Ash comments<\/a> on this interview<\/a> which appeared in Haaretz<\/i>.<\/p>\n

“Israeli historian Benny Morris crossed a new line of shame when he put his academic credentials and respectability in the service of outlining the “moral” justification for a future genocide against Palestinians.”<\/i><\/p>\n

Ali Abunimah comments as well<\/a>:<\/p>\n

It is painful to read Morris’ interview, in which he called Palestinians “barbarians” who should be put in a “cage.” But after reading it, I heard an interview with black South African playwright John Kani on National Public Radio<\/a>. Kani recalled the frequent interrogations he endured from a white intelligence officer: “He used to tell us South Africa would never, ever change. This is a God-created situation. They (white South Africans) were the chosen people, not the Jews, and that South Africa was their country and we didn’t have the brains to become a free people, or even to think we could govern.”<\/p>\n

Reflecting upon those experiences today, Kani said: “I am just laughing, because he was stupid. You can’t turn the tide of freedom … A people who fight for freedom will be free. They’ve got God on their side; they’ve got time on their side; they’ve got truth on their side. It doesn’t matter how strong the enemy is, it’s only delaying the inevitable.”<\/p>\n

Palestine-Israel will, inevitably, become a democracy for all its people. Inevitable, because through the collective efforts of those who work for justice, we will make it so.<\/p>\n

Ali Abunimah is co-founder of The Electronic Intifada<\/a>. This article was first published in The Daily Star<\/a>.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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