Controlling Israel

The recent arrest and detention of former Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney and 20 others aboard the “Spirit of Humanity” by the Israeli Navy raises serious concerns. It’s easy to dismiss this event as the result of the former lawmaker meddling where she doesn’t belong. And maybe I’m not so dismissive because I have long admired this woman for her championing the causes of the least of these -- something President Obama used to do when he was a community organizer. Of course, that was before his desire to help the least of these was replaced by his desire to just maintain power. But I guess power is intoxicating. Since I’ve never had it, I wouldn’t know.

Two points I would like to make here. The first is that the internment of Palestinians by Israeli terrorists is equally as cruel as the “Black Holocaust” of slavery and colonialization. And to ask these people to “denounce violence” as President Obama suggests is tantamount to asking Nat Turner, et al not to participate in insurrections but to instead wait until Massa’s conscience weighed on him. One should be able to understand the urgency of removing a foot from one’s neck. Breathing is fundamental!