The purpose of a State is to organize violence. States are created by successful demonstration of their ability to organize violence. As soon as the State is established, we call its violence "war" and "law enforcement" instead of "terror" and "insurrection".
Do you know what happened in France after WWII? Do you compare the exercise of terror in Palestine 1948 to that in Algeria in the 1950s?
The sad fact is that the dream of the Zionists was a state like any other and they got one, bloody hands and all.
...isn't exceeedingly interesting either. The respective answers are 'yes' and 'no, it's you who are bringing that up'. The world's northernmost desert wind.
How do you think that the British soldiers killed at the King David Hotel got to be in Palestine? The were not invited in peacefully by the Turks who were also there under the same color of law.
is it surprising that Israel was founded in a welter of violent deeds, that its leaders have double standards about violence, that "officials" and partisans of all sides are liars?
Not to you, obviously. To a majority in the US and big minorities in Europe, for whom Israel is and has always been a beacon of civilization beleagered by barbarians, the answer would be yes. The world's northernmost desert wind.
WHat about the majority of those killed in the King David Hotel, who were neither soldiers nor British? *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.
