tanstaafl
2010-09-24 10:54:51
That’s a really good article.
Israel as all purpose scapegoat.
I remember when bin laden added the whole Israel thing into his fatwas, as almost an afterthought.
Despotism, of course, needs the enemy at the gate to distract peoples from their own lack of freedom. This, in the end, is where Palestine does play a role — but not in the sense that King Abdullah and others believe. It is a most convenient diversion that allows regimes to mobilize hatred against the Other that is Israel.
