Sefi Rachlevsky and Occupational Hazards
Ha’aretz‘s Sefi Rachlevsky is overly optimistic. Some might say he is afflicted with selective vision. He once saw “quiet” during years of massive Palestinian terror attacks. Today he finds that only Israel is an occupier, and fails to notice that there are numerous occupied territories around the world. He writes:
Israel will soon celebrate 44 years of the occupation. For a lengthy portion of that time, we are talking about the last colonial occupation on earth.
This surely most come as news to the Tibetans occupied by China, the Chechnyians occupied by Russia, the North Cypriots occupied by Turkey, West Saharans occupied by Morocco, as well as those living in Georgian-occupied Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Did I forget anyone?
And there are of course dozens of places around the world whose status is disputed by states, groups and other entities, as is the case regarding the West Bank.
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