Five Questions

1. – What if Trump ordered the U.S. Border Patrol to kill on sight any Mexicans approaching the U.S.-Mexico Border, claiming (as Israel does, regarding the Palestinians) that among the approaching men, women and children could be potential terrorists?

2. – What if Orban ordered his Hungarian troops to shoot to kill any migrants approaching the borders of Hungary, claiming (as Israel does, regarding the Palestinians) that among the approaching men, women and children could be potential terrorists?

3. – What if the head of the Police Department in Ferguson, Missouri, ordered his men to shoot to kill or to cripple for life any Black protesters approaching the police lines, claiming (as Israel does, regarding the Palestinians) that among the advancing men, women and children could be potential murderers??

4. – Wouldn't there be worldwide outrage and calls for prosecution of those who gave such criminal orders, given that assassination and crippling cannot be considered legitimate crowd protest control techniques?

5. – Why then are the expressions of outrage and the calls for prosecution so rare in the U.S. and around the world when it is the Israeli government that commits such crimes?

The answer, of course, lies in the immense lobbying, public relations, Internet and media-control work done by Israel over the years to denigrate any criticism of Israel as “antisemitism” and to paint Israel as the eternal victim and, thus, as deserving of special consideration – indeed, as being above the law – when it commits wanton acts of aggression as in Gaza.

This Israeli “psychologial manipulation” campaign, done largely but not exclusively through the media and Internet, must be called out and challenged. Indeed, a counteroffensive is needed, one using direct channels that bypass the media and the Internet, since they are so invisibly controlled. For example, our sit-ins could be backed up with teach-ins or Stammtische on how public perception of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been so grossly distorted.

Participants begin congregating in piazza Barberini before the march to the U.S. Embassy in via Veneto. Below, Bernini's masterpiece, the Tritone Fountain (click twice to enlarge).

The Great March to the Embassy. Fortunately, Trump had not ordered Marine snipers to shoot us dead as we approached.

Arrival in via Bissolati, across the street from the Embassy.
Below, the welcoming committee.

Above, the U.S. Embassy. Below, Mr. And Mrs. Ambassador.

(Above) Big Brother was keeping a watchful eye…

The police and the Israeli Community were, too. They always send people to photograph everyone present for their archives. Why? Ask the Italians who go to pro-Palestine events and who, on April 15, 2012, attempted to board an Alitalia flight for Israel as part of the “Flytilla” campaign to ensure access to Palestine. They were refused boarding after members of the Israeli Community had singled them out among the flight passengers as “known pro-Palestine activists” and had told Alitalia not to let them on the plane – an Alitalia plane! And Alitalia complied. Read magistrate D. Gallo's comment on this.

The photographer on the right may be legitimate. Who knows?

A representative of one of the Palestinian organizations in Italy that organized the sit-in.

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