“Israel has a right to defend itself!”The stuttering cliche—always deployed to cover aggression, asymmetrical violence, and ethnic cleansing—sounds more desperate and phony with each repetition.”Israel has a right to defend itself!”Yes, and the US marines had a right to defend themselves at Khe Sahn after invading Viet Nam. “Israel has a right to defend itself!”Yes, and the Nazi occupiers had a right to defend themselves in Rome on March 24, 1944, killing 335 unarmed civilians, after suffering a partisan attack on their barracks a day earlier.”Israel has a right to defend itself!”Yes, and the Virginia planter class had a right to defend itself against Nat Turner and his rising rebels.”Israel has a right to defend itself!””Israel has a right to defend itself!””Israel has a right to defend itself!”
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Bill Ayers 