Letter
To counter the albatross of Gaza
The use of severe restrictions governing the release of medicine, food and water to the traumatised residents of Gaza continues unabated. Public reaction swings from horror in much of the world to seeming indifference in much of the West to outright glee in Israel.
On Israel’s northeast, it now controls all of the Golan Heights. This opens the road into Syria, and secures for Israel both water and, through Afek Oil and Gas, oil and gas deposits. These energy reserves are similar to the coveted undersea deposits located off Gaza.
Israel seems to be set on expansion through slaughter in Gaza and land-appropriation in Syria. How is pointing that out antisemitic? That it is not, can be attested to by the fact of so many Jews also condemning Israel. So why this bill, and why now?
Could it be that when the reckoning comes for Israel, as it surely must, there will be a mass exodus of Israelis, probably including former IDF soldiers, to any country that will take them? Some will find refuge here. To counter the albatross that Gaza has hung around the neck of world Jewry, a law forbidding criticism might be just the ticket.
— Hal Duell from Alice Springs