Peter sez:

Although I in general refrain from posting here items that do not directly deal with unions, workers or labour, it does seem to me that this item bears on all working people (however widely or narrowly defined) , in Israel, Palestine and the Occupied Territories. Those interested in the full item can link to it.

Now read on...

glparramatta glparramatta@greenleft.org.au	1:48 PM (57 minutes ago)
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By Ben Lorber

July 12, 2012 -- Since the idea of Zionism first gripped the minds of a few intellectuals and the limbs of many agrarian pioneers in the early 20th century, the state of Israel has presented its settlement of the land of Palestine, and its uprooting of the Palestinian people, as a rejuvenation of the earth. By “greenwashing” the occupation, Israel hides its apartheid behind an environmentalist mirage, and distracts public attention not only from its brutal oppression of the Palestinian people, but from its large-scale degradation of the earth upon which these tragedies unfold.

Full article at http://links.org.au/node/2956

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