So I stumbled on this article in the International Herald Tribune by Tom Segev called “What if Israel had turned back?“ The article itself is uninteresting - the old Israel was forced to occupy Palestinian land story - c’mon give me a break. I’ve seen opinion pieces written by retarded chihuahuas that are more inspired and possibly more convincing. What actually caught my attention is the opening line:
Forty years ago, on the morning of June 5, 1967, Jordan launched an artillery attack on the Israeli part of Jerusalem. In reaction, Israel conquered the Arab sections of the city as well as the West Bank.
Hmmm, one would think by reading this deliberately misleading opening paragraph, that the 1967 war was started by Jordan. Maybe they did, wait let me check my history books… Nope, history hasn’t changed while I was on vacation, Israel was the one that started the war by attacking Egypt under the pretense that Egypt was a threat. Oh wait, it says here that Begin later said the even that wasn’t true and that Egypt wasn’t even a threat and the Israelis simply wanted to attack for strategic reasons.
In light of these facts I’d like to suggest a couple of alternative title for this article, I think they might be more accurate?
- What if the media stops spreading lies?
- What if reporters try honesty every once in a while?
- What if we replace all the opinion page writers with retarded chihuahuas?
- What if Tom Segev stops being a total douche bag?