[Peace-discuss] Ambassador of lies

[David Green]

Michael Oren, the American-Israeli Ambassador of Israel to the U.S., writes in 
the NYT:

"Israeli leaders subsequently (after 1952) tried to secure a peace treaty with 
Nasser, but his rule proved neither progressive nor peace-minded. Instead, his 
hostility toward Israel set off two wars, the second of which, the Six-Day War 
of 1967, continues to affect the Middle East today."
 
This is, of course, a shameless lie. When Nasser appropriated the Suez Canal in 
1956, Egypt was invaded by Israel, at the behest of Britain and France, who had 
controlled it. The 1967 war was a continuation and fulfillment of Israel's 
aggressive ambitions, thwarted  by Eisenhower in 1956. 

 
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/20/opinion/20oren.html?ref=opinion
 
DG


      
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