The passing of Ariel
Sharon, the war criminal-politician of Israel, is a grim reminder of the
continuing injustice and impoverishment of the brave Palestinian people under
conditions of racial apartheid and colonial enslavement in their own homeland,
now known as the Occupied Territories. Sharon literally got away with murder and
mayhem he unleashed against countless innocent civilians of Lebanon and
Palestine, thanks to the support of the worldly powers that sustained his
politics. Yet, he spent his last years of life in this very world in a
condition of “neither living nor dead” in which no worldly might
could be of any help or succour to him. In an article published in the Hindu Newspaper
(India) on January16, 2014, distinguished scholar Vijay Prashad points
out that the eulogising pabulum that greeted
Ariel Sharon’s death ignored his history as a harsh military leader with a
record of many atrocities.
We reproduce the Essay for the benefit of our readers:
The settlements, for Ariel Sharon, were an instrument to make life so
miserable for Palestinians that they would eventually quit the remainder of
their lands