[Peace-discuss] The most astute Jewish Israeli observor of Israeli politics

[C. G. Estabrook]

"Believe nothing until it's officially denied."  --Claud Cockburn

[Francis Claud Cockburn of Brook Lodge, Youghal, County Cork, Munster, Ireland (/ˈkoʊbərn/ koh-bərn; 12 April 1904 – 15 December 1981) was an Anglo-Scots journalist. His saying "believe nothing until it has been officially denied" is widely quoted in journalistic studies, although he doesn't claim credit for originating it. He was the second cousin, once removed, of novelists Alec Waugh and Evelyn Waugh. His sons, Alexander (1941-2012), Andrew (1947- ), and Patrick (1950- ) are among the most distinguished journalists - and writers - of their generation.]


> On Mar 19, 2015, at 5:50 PM, David Green via Peace-discuss <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net> wrote:
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> http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=13457
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> The second reason that I find this statement encouraging is that in the history of Netanyahu's political career, he has never made a single statement which didn't turn out to be a lie. I know this sounds ridiculous, but I think when reality's ridiculous, we have no choice but to acknowledge it. Every statement Netanyahu makes turns out to be a lie. And when he says he will not allow a Palestinian state, I am becoming quite encouraged. I think that we might see some real headway--not that Netanyahu will promote it, not that he would support Palestinians' struggle for freedom, of course, but that he's already realizing that when the time comes that Palestinians are going to raise their struggle to the next level with a lot of international support and solidarity, he will not be up to stop them. Everyone in the political system understands that this stage is coming. And that's one of the reasons why nobody really wanted to challenge Netanyahu so much and there was no real attempt to replace the government with a vision of a different kind of strategy, different kind of political horizon for Israel. And that made it much easier for him to win.
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