Israel’s hypocrisy knows no bounds. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is advising ministers to pay heed to the terminology they use when commenting on the colonial massacre in Gaza, to protect Israel’s so-called international legitimacy. “Every word has meaning when it comes to diplomacy. If you don’t know, don’t speak,” Netanyahu warned during a cabinet meeting on Sunday. “We must be sensitive.” To international diplomacy, of course, not towards Palestinians. Just to clarify the Israeli narrative. “We are now rolling out the Gaza Nakba,” was how Israeli Agricultural Minister Avi Dichter referred last Saturday to the current colonial ethnic cleansing and “text-book case of genocide” in Gaza. The comment that attracted most media attention was Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu’s suggestion that … Continue reading Nothing about Israel’s existence and actions point towards legitimacy