It is truly humbling to see how the righteous Doha regime is "leading the way" on Gaza. This would be so great if it weren't for the fact that the Arabs really don't care about the Palestinians one little bit - something that is really surprising given how fixated they are on this tiny group of people- although they are of course pumped up about it on a weekly basis by the likes of the useless Qaradawi, and thousands like him who dream of seeing the downfall of the West and the rise of their own cause. They care about the 'idea' of them, much more than about THEM. Thus, does Egypt closes its border with Gaza and won't let so much as a mosquito through; thus do Arab countries refuse to give them asylum and citizenship.
Now tell me: could this ICJ be in any way related to the ICC - the same body which charged Sudanese President Bashir for his central role in the genocide - mass slaughter - of how many millions of hopelessly innocent people in Darfur?
Millions of dead Muslims. You'd think somebody, somewhere would be upset about that. Seriously.
But no. Surely it could not be the same Bashir. For that would be double standards - and we know how the Arabs deplore double standards - Israeli double standards especially. After all, the Emir sat down with some fine dinner and Arab hospitality in his palace with Bashir just over a year ago.
I wonder - did he pat him on the back? Shake his hand? Congratulate him? Perhaps - quite probably - they talked about Gaza.
Because everybody 'talks' about little, occupied Gaza as though the future of humanity rests upon this tiny place - that Egypt occupied - WITHOUT A WORD OF PROTEST - from 1948 - 1967.
Then, Israel faces a ship filled with a handful of lefty 'activists' who were camouflaging the Turks - people who'd written their wills before setting sail ("we reach Gaza, or we reach Martyrdom"), on a mission funded by the IHH, an organisation with strong ties to terror. A ship they had already told "we will let you send your cargo, once it has been inspected. Dock in the port and matters will be peacefully sorted out." An offer which was of course declined - as was the aid which, according to Hamas, they didn't WANT if they couldn't get it from the Turks.
What country would put up with this bunch of hoods? If I were Netanhayu, frankly I would have torpedoed it after a number of warnings and been quite clear to make sure the world knew the exact profile of those on board, and their true intentions towards the safety of the people who'd elected me and whose lives I was charged with protecting from daily rocket attacks and suicide bombers.
Because, what this issue really boils down to is a resurgent political movement numbering millions, driven by a kind of Ottoman neo-Imperial fantasy. It aims to take over the world and the best place for that battle to be fought, more than anywhere, is Israel - the symbol of western power and a humiliating affront to the Arabs every time they challenge it.
The leftist activists on board no doubt believe that if only America would lose her power, if only the Western world could just reach out - we'd all be somehow holding hands on grassy floral meadows like true brothers and sisters of humanity and teaching the world to sing the language of PEACE and LOVE.
The others on board, given their backing and pedigree, had less laudable intentions.
For them and their ilk, Sudan doesn't matter. Muslims killing each OTHER in Pakistan don't matter. Israel matters. Israel alone. And so, Darfur, and other atrocities like it, don't even make it onto the radar.
They are inconsequential because it comes down to the showdown at the nexus between the power and glory of the Islamic world in the face of the USA and the Western world.
Gaza, Israel, Palestine, the Arab League - these groups are all irrelevant- they are a kind of collection of metaphors, for want of a better word, for the powerful forces behind the great clash of civilisations that is currently being played out before us.
And perhaps it will be that the future of humanity, in a very real way, does in fact centre around Gaza.
It is truly humbling to see how the righteous Doha regime is "leading the way" on Gaza. This would be so great if it weren't for the fact that the Arabs really don't care about the Palestinians one little bit - something that is really surprising given how fixated they are on this tiny group of people- although they are of course pumped up about it on a weekly basis by the likes of the useless Qaradawi, and thousands like him who dream of seeing the downfall of the West and the rise of their own cause. They care about the 'idea' of them, much more than about THEM. Thus, does Egypt closes its border with Gaza and won't let so much as a mosquito through; thus do Arab countries refuse to give them asylum and citizenship.
Now tell me: could this ICJ be in any way related to the ICC - the same body which charged Sudanese President Bashir for his central role in the genocide - mass slaughter - of how many millions of hopelessly innocent people in Darfur?
Millions of dead Muslims. You'd think somebody, somewhere would be upset about that. Seriously.
But no. Surely it could not be the same Bashir. For that would be double standards - and we know how the Arabs deplore double standards - Israeli double standards especially. After all, the Emir sat down with some fine dinner and Arab hospitality in his palace with Bashir just over a year ago.
I wonder - did he pat him on the back? Shake his hand? Congratulate him? Perhaps - quite probably - they talked about Gaza.
Because everybody 'talks' about little, occupied Gaza as though the future of humanity rests upon this tiny place - that Egypt occupied - WITHOUT A WORD OF PROTEST - from 1948 - 1967.
Then, Israel faces a ship filled with a handful of lefty 'activists' who were camouflaging the Turks - people who'd written their wills before setting sail ("we reach Gaza, or we reach Martyrdom"), on a mission funded by the IHH, an organisation with strong ties to terror. A ship they had already told "we will let you send your cargo, once it has been inspected. Dock in the port and matters will be peacefully sorted out." An offer which was of course declined - as was the aid which, according to Hamas, they didn't WANT if they couldn't get it from the Turks.
What country would put up with this bunch of hoods? If I were Netanhayu, frankly I would have torpedoed it after a number of warnings and been quite clear to make sure the world knew the exact profile of those on board, and their true intentions towards the safety of the people who'd elected me and whose lives I was charged with protecting from daily rocket attacks and suicide bombers.
Because, what this issue really boils down to is a resurgent political movement numbering millions, driven by a kind of Ottoman neo-Imperial fantasy. It aims to take over the world and the best place for that battle to be fought, more than anywhere, is Israel - the symbol of western power and a humiliating affront to the Arabs every time they challenge it.
The leftist activists on board no doubt believe that if only America would lose her power, if only the Western world could just reach out - we'd all be somehow holding hands on grassy floral meadows like true brothers and sisters of humanity and teaching the world to sing the language of PEACE and LOVE.
The others on board, given their backing and pedigree, had less laudable intentions.
For them and their ilk, Sudan doesn't matter. Muslims killing each OTHER in Pakistan don't matter. Israel matters. Israel alone. And so, Darfur, and other atrocities like it, don't even make it onto the radar.
They are inconsequential because it comes down to the showdown at the nexus between the power and glory of the Islamic world in the face of the USA and the Western world.
Gaza, Israel, Palestine, the Arab League - these groups are all irrelevant- they are a kind of collection of metaphors, for want of a better word, for the powerful forces behind the great clash of civilisations that is currently being played out before us.
And perhaps it will be that the future of humanity, in a very real way, does in fact centre around Gaza.