The Atrocity By Uri Avnery Again without any purpose. Again with the certainty that after it’s all over, everything will essentially be the same as it was before. But I can hardly hear the sirens which warn of rockets coming towards Tel Aviv. I cannot take my mind off the awful thing that happened in Jerusalem. IF A gang of neo-Nazis had kidnapped a 16-year old boy in a London Jewish neighborhood in the dark of the night, driven him to Hyde Park, beaten him up, poured gasoline into his mouth, doused him all over and set him on fire – what would have happened? Wouldn't the UK have exploded in a storm of anger and disgust? Wouldn't the Queen have expressed her outrage? Wouldn't the Prime Minister have rushed to the home of the bereaved family to apologize on behalf of the entire nation? ...
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