Joe Biden condemned the attack on Donald Trump yesterday, saying, “It’s sick… The idea that there’s political violence or violence in America like this is just unheard of.”
Sadly, there is considerable evidence that Biden is wrong, and there has long been political violence in America.
What no one in public life can dispute is that political violence aimed at Palestinians is an enduring condition of Palestinian life. And Israel – an occupying apartheid state committing what most experts call war crimes akin to genocide – is willing to kill endless numbers of civilians to achieve its supposed goals in Palestine. ….more