ZGram - 11/3/2001 - "Israel shows United States how not to fight terrorism"

[Ingrid Rimland]

Copyright (c) 2001 - Ingrid A. Rimland

ZGram - Where Truth is Destiny

November 3, 2001

Good Morning from the Zundelsite:

Charley Reese has penned another good one:  "Israel shows United States how
not to fight terrorism"  which appeared in the Orlando Sentinel, October
26, 2001 -

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    Israel prides itself on its fight against terrorism - or at least
what it calls terrorism - but in fact, it provides the world with a
perfect example of how to do it the wrong way.

   This was brought home by the assassination of a Cabinet member, the
minister of tourism, who was shot down outside his hotel room in   East
Jerusalem. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine   claimed
credit. Why? Because a few months ago, the Israelis had   assassinated the
leader of that organization. Get it? Tit for tat.   You kill, we kill, we
all kill.

   Israel has recently assassinated more than two dozen Palestinian
political leaders. These murders are not characteristic of a   democratic
government, much less one that shares American   values. The people who
share the values of our American forefathers   are the Palestinians. The
Israelis share the values of the old   racist British Empire. But have all
of these political murders by   the Israelis ended the Palestinian
uprising? No.

   Israel has been assassinating Palestinian leaders for nearly 50   years.
Has it stopped terrorism? No. Israel has been engaging in   bloody reprisal
attacks, killing many innocents. Has that stopped   terrorism? No.

   Israelis have been arresting people by the thousands during the past
30 years. Has that stopped terrorism? No. Israel tortures,   confiscates
people's land, demolishes their homes, bulldozes   their olive orchards,
places them under curfew, seals them inside   their towns. Has that stopped
terrorism? No.

   One thing Israel hasn=92t done is honestly address the issues that   caus=
e
these attacks. Remember, anybody Israel decides to kill is   automatically
a "terrorist." Israelis are as promiscuous in their   use of "terrorist" as
the Israeli lobby is in its use of   "anti-Semite."

   But as to the question of withdrawing from the territory it captured
in 1967, Israel has one answer: "No." As to the question of letting
refugees return or be compensated for the property the Israeli   government
stole from them, Israel has had one answer: "No." As for   letting U.N.
peacekeepers protect the Palestinians from Israeli   violence, the answer
is "No." As for obeying more than 60   U.N. resolutions directing Israel to
comply with international law,   the answer is "No."

   So, will there ever be peace in Palestine? No. The Israelis can
continue to murder, imprison, isolate, torture, impoverish,   brutalize and
harass the Palestinians for the next 50 years, and for   the next 50 years
Palestinians, generation after generation, will   resist the occupation of
their land by any means they can.

   So, every time an Israeli shows up purporting to be an expert on
terrorism, we ought to laugh the person right back home. The   Israelis are
pretty good terrorists themselves, but as   anti-terrorists, they are a
bunch of goofs. The only thing America   can learn from Israel is how to
manufacture a continuing supply of   embittered enemies decade after
decade.

   Neither Israel nor the United States, nor any other government, can
ever rationalize an injustice by killing the people who protest the
injustice. People will endure a lot, but not an injustice. It=92s   like
white phosphorous burning a man's soul.

   The best thing for the American people to do is to end all aid to
Israel and withdraw the protection of the U.S. veto. If Israel is   indeed
a viable state, then it can survive without American   taxpayers
contributing nearly a tenth of its gross domestic product.

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Thought for the Day:

"In the age of the Internet, trying to gag the messenger whose message may
not be exactly kosher is like trying to capture a molecule in a droplet of
water out of the torrent rusing over the Niagara Falls."

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