Meengla
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I'm still not ready to be dragged into anti-semitism. This is not a war on Islam. This was not an anti-Muslim act. This is imperialist arrogance and imperialism from a country with a terrible human rights record and known to have no care for human rights.
Mullahocracy and right wing media in Pakistan has of course jumped the bandwagon, why won't they. People on the flotilla were there for purely humanitarian reasons. Pakistan's media is of course ripping off the right wing populist ideas and the conjured threat from Israel.
Every humanist is condemning it. Do not jump the anti-Islam bandwagon.
Sensible comments, as usual.
This is not about Islam vs XYZ. Israelis would really like to paint the whole picture with one broad brush but that is not cutting anymore in the Information Age. The old 'anti-semite' label has faded except perhaps it is still valid for the skin-heads and the right-wing nutjobs of faith.
Israeli occupation of the Palestinians is the last overt colonial war of the world as far as I know. And Palestinians have sympathies from all over the world. Some of the most prominent pro-Palestinian voices are--unsuprisingly--NOT Muslim.
Again, this latest media blunder by Israel will only hurt Israel. The parroting of 'facts' and 'dual condemnation' voices are likely to remain in minority. Get away from this blog and especially go the Israeli and Western/Non-Muslim blogspace to see the world reaction.
At the same time, we need to remain cautious about not giving anymore fire to the so-called Islamic radicals to take this issue too far and drag Pakistan into more terrorism. Palestinians' plight is, above all, a humanitarian issue and should not be looked through the lens of religion.