Pissing into the Wind

Thought I’d flag this one up as the Jews for Justice for Palestinians [JFJFP] and Jews for Boycotting Israeli Goods [JBIG] just aren’t getting into the mainstream media right now, not that this blog has a wide readership, but hey we’ve all got to do our bit ain’t we.

So, a bunch of Jews who don’t like what Israel is doing to the Palestinians [who does?] decide to run the Israeli blockade of Gaza to take aid to the Palestinians. They get a boat, it’s the Jewish boat to Gaza.

Now, if you or I want to run a blockade the first thing we DON’T do is tell them we’re going to do it. If we actually want to get through and deliver that aid to the Palestinians we’re gonna want to sneak through when the bastards aren’t looking, or failing that take some mates who’ve got a fuck off tooled up battle cruiser with us. Well that’s what I’d do. But that’s not what they did, is it? They issued a fucking Press Release in advance. They told the Israelis they were coming.

So, WTF were they playing at?

Well, what they were doing is playing at gesture politics and propaganda. The aid was "symbolic". They were trying to provoke the Israelis into over reacting [again], and when they don’t they don’t get any publicity. Oh dear!

You see, it doesn’t matter whether the blockade is illegal or not, It is a fact of life. It’s there and the blockaders will do what blockaders do, blockade. You know that, I know that, they know that. What on earth did they expect?

So, the Israeli press report that the boat was boarded peacefully. The pricks report they were treated violently. So what do we, who weren’t there, and that includes most of you JFJFP and JBIG types, make of it. Well if you’re a JFJFP or JBIG type you’ll believe the pricks and attempt to perpetuate the propaganda war.

But Jo Soap doesn’t give a damn and the Media understand their audience. We all know that in those situations FORCE is always misinterpreted as violence by those on the receiving end.

Meanwhile, those with some brains, and who know a thing or two about conflict resolution, are making steady but slow progress. The ONLY way to deal with this is to encourage co-operation from the bottom up and build trust. It takes time, patience and resolve. It is not an easy road, but nothing worth doing is ever easy. You can posture and preen all you like, play indignant or the martyr. That's easy and it doesn’t work.

Without the basics no amount of posturing will get results. TINA

–THERE IS NO ALTERNATIVE.

Note: The word "twat" in the above text has been replaced with the word "prick". For an explanation as to why see here.