
Alan Shatter
@alan__shatter
Author,lawyer, occasional lecturer,expert Israel/Middle East.Former TD,Irish Justice & Defence Minister & Foreign Affairs Cmtee chair. Chair MDA Ireland
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http://www.alanshatter.ie 20-01-2011 10:36:06
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Maybe thatās the root of our tragedy: weāve romanticized endurance to the point of self-destruction. āNever raising the white flagā sounds nobleāuntil you realize itās been 77 years of strategic collapse, repeated political miscalculations, and catastrophic leadership choices.

āYou cannot call yourself a defender of Palestinian rights while excusing the group that tramples those rights in Gaza. Thatās not resistanceāitās complicity disguised as solidarity. Real solidarity demands moral clarity, not selective outrage.ā Hamas daily engages in torture,





Now hereās a simple statement Simon Harris cld make āIn support of the Palestinian Authority I call on Hamas to immediately release all the hostages,announce a permanent end to its war & to hand control of Gazaās governance to the PA. I also call on Iran to demand Hamas does soā.

