Lies, hatred and the language of force

Arab View

By Robert Fisk, Middle East Correspondent

THIS is a story about lies, bias, hatred and death. It’s about our inability — after more than half a century — to understand the injustice of the Middle East.

It’s about a part of the world where it seems quite natural, after repeatedly watching on television the funeral of 11-year-old Sami Abu Jezar – who died two days after being shot through the forehead by Israeli soldiers — for a crowd to kick two Israeli plainclothes agents to death….a Ms.

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