He said that the United Nations should not be afraid to use the term apartheid to describe what is happening
in occupied Palestine. Former US President Jimmy Carter came under fire for using the term 'apartheid' in
reference to the Israel-Palestine conflict. He was even prevented from speaking at the Democratic National
Convention this year because of his position on the issue.
Joe Mowrey correctly writes in Dissident Voice that we must now move beyond Political Activism particularly since more than 50% of the population in Gaza is comprised of children under the age of 15.
" The issue at hand is one of collective punishment. Regardless of the actions of certain factions in Gaza, the fact remains that Israel (with the approval of the U.S.and the world community) is depriving an entire civilian population of food, medicine and clean drinking water in response to the violent actions of a few among that population. By any civilized standard this behavior is wrong and should be condemned vociferously. To paraphrase the words of an alien from another planet in a not-so-great Hollywood movie of some years ago, every sentient being knows the difference between right and wrong."
To remain silent now in the face of this growing atrocity would be denying our collective world's conscience. Carl Jung summed it up thusly ~
" Observance of customs and laws can very easily be a cloak for a lie so subtle that our fellow human beings are unable to detect it. It may help us to escape all criticism, we may even be able to deceive ourselves in the belief of our obvious righteousness. But deep down, below the surface of the average man's conscience, he hears a voice whispering, "There is something not right," no matter how much his rightness is supported by public opinion or by the moral code."
