Note the absense of hyperlinks (or dates and names of publications referenced) in the article you are quoting. Is that a chance ommission, or is that because the author is emotionalizing issues and taking things out of context?
For your information, I don't like Fisk all that much, and I do think he's got undue animus towards Israel. That said, he is a first-rate journalist and many of his reports are very informative and relevant.
As for other things mentioned in the article, such as the Muslim persecution in America after 9/11 - they are quite real.
Now the statement you are quoting: "Yes, it's terrible that they were killed, but don't forget that they lived on the occupied territories." is no doubt somewhat disgusting but no more so than the sentiment expressed in war all over the world. Like, "It's too bad all those Iraqis had to die but we are fighting terrorism over there" (could be heard all over the US of A these days).
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For your information, I don't like Fisk all that much, and I do think he's got undue animus towards Israel. That said, he is a first-rate journalist and many of his reports are very informative and relevant.
As for other things mentioned in the article, such as the Muslim persecution in America after 9/11 - they are quite real.
Now the statement you are quoting: "Yes, it's terrible that they were killed, but don't forget that they lived on the occupied territories." is no doubt somewhat disgusting but no more so than the sentiment expressed in war all over the world. Like, "It's too bad all those Iraqis had to die but we are fighting terrorism over there" (could be heard all over the US of A these days).