Sharpeville II

In Marikana, S. Africa, on Thurs a group of police officers blatantly mowed down a group of striking miners with machine guns, killing 34 and wounding 78.  This was apparently in retaliation for the shooting of a policeman in a riot the previous day.  This was another "Sharpeville," the shooting by the S. African (white) police of innocent (black) civilians in 1960 in which 69 were killed and many more injured.  In the current incident the police in post-apartheid S. Africa were mixed black and white.  But, the lack of concern for human life and the brutality shown was the same.  Yet, S. Africans presume to advise Israel on how it should treat its rioting and often violent Arab residents and foreign Palestinians.  And so-called liberals and leftists mount a campaign against Israel when its police and army act in a humane manner, with very few if any killed in repeated riots and attacks.  Where are these humanists now, are they demonstrating against the S. African authorities and calling them "apartheid S. Africa."

What is important to remember here is that if the Israeli police or troops wanted to kill many rioters or demonstrators they could easily do so.  Every week for many months there have been organized riots at sites where they object to the security barrier to stop Arab terrorists from infiltrating into Israel, which has been very effective in doing so, since the number of terrorist incidents has been drastically reduced (but not eliminated).  For example, at the village of Bil'in there have been weekly riots organized by a group of Arabs and international leftists (many from the so-called International Solidarity Movement or ISM) since 2005, even though the Israel Supreme Court ruled in 2007 that the Israeli Government must alter the route of the security fence and the Government complied. Nevertheless the riots/demonstrations continue unabated, yet only two participants have been killed to date over the course of seven years!  Compare this to the actions of the S. African police or practically any police force in the world.  If the activists of the ISM really cared about human life and were not purely politically motivated by hatred of Jews and Israel, they would be demonstrating in Syria or S. Africa.

Labelling Israel an "apartheid State" is simply untrue and sophomoric and is a political slogan devoid of real meaning.  This is an example of the blindness and misdirection of western liberals, they have been indoctrinated to consider Israel as an enemy, as the so-called "occupying force" in a "colonial" situation, while in fact extreme Muslims are taking over their home countries and are killing their compatriots (in Holland for example) as infidels.  However, that is not my direct concern, I don't care if the EU countries embrace multiculturalism and go to the dogs, just let them leave us alone with their outmoded phony leftist ideology.