Israel, Palestine and Lebanon would be familiar to the characters of Orwell's 1984 with omnipresent police apparatchiks and robotized warfare raining death and destruction upon the general population more or less like an occasional shower. Yet there is a progressive struggle in this region and sometimes the progressive actors are of one religion, sometimes another.
Whatever one thinks about Hezbollah or Iran we can see they did not take the bait of attacking Israel while Gaza was being massacred in recent weeks. Of course the massacre was limited but far worse than the much denounced massacre in Mumbai some months ago. Doesn't this suggest a strong Zionist/Imperialist manipulation of the story during this recent invasion and bombardment of Gaza the U.S. media?
Did you hear about how Olmert barked orders at Condaleeza Rice at the UN about how to vote?
The anti-Palestinian Zionists are becoming visible and with that recognition of an undue influence over American foreign policy their game will become far less satisfying for their bullying and oppressive goals towards the Palestinians.