U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED NATIONS SUSAN RICE -- BASED ON HER OWN WORDS IN AN ANALOGOUS CONTEXT (REGARDING SYRIA) -- SHOULD BE SUPPORTING THE U.N. RESOLUTION CONDEMNING THE CURRENT ISRAELI ATTACK ON GAZA, NOT OPPOSING IT.

OTHERWISE, THERE IS STRONG EVIDENCE THAT ISRAEL PREFERS PERIODICALLY ASSAULTING DEFENSELESS GAZA -- AN OCCUPIED TERRITORY, NOT A SOVEREIGN STATE -- TO NEGOTIATING PEACE WITH HAMAS.

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November 16, 2012

UN Holds Urgent Security Council Meeting, US Stands With Israel Vijay Prashad:
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Bio

Vijay Prashad is a professor of international studies at Trinity College. Among the many books he has authored are The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World and Arab Spring, Libyan Winter. He also writes regularly for Asia Times Online, Frontline magazine and Counterpunch.