Where is the last place you’d expect to find an article showing Israel in a positive light, an article comparing Israel favourably with a developed, western European country  that is often held up as some kind of model for others to follow? Well, Indymedia would have to be pretty high on your list. It’s normally willing to make excuses for every kind of dictator and religious fanatic imaginable, as long, of course, as they stick it to Israel and the United States.

So here is a collector’s item. This is the last paragraph.

Mr. Olmert is justified in saying that he is proud to be a citizen of a state where the Prime Minister can be investigated like a regular citizen. By the same token I am ashamed to be a citizen of a state [Ireland]  where such an event is an impossibility.

The whole thing is well worth a read and in the comments you’ll find some opinions expressed that are rather more typical of the view of  Israel that’s normally to be found in Indymedia.