How does Israel fit into the big picture?

[Mark Stapleton]

This is what a society looks like when it has lost its economic incentive for peace and is heavily invested in fighting and profiting from an endless and unwinnable War on Terror. One part looks like Israel; the other part looks like Gaza.
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This discarding of 25-60 percent of the population has been the hallmark of the Chicago School crusade since the "misery villages" began mushrooming throughout the Southern Cone in the seventies. In South Africa, Russia, and New Orleans the rich build walls around themselves. Israel has taken this disposal process a step further: it has built walls around the dangerous poor."

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I can see why you are a fan of Naomi Klein, Myra. She puts it very nicely.

Being immune from MSM criticism and being feared by western politicians has served Israel very well, up to now.