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HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --------------------------- Death to Jewish settlers, says anti-Zionist poet Sarah Hall Saturday April 13, 2002 The Guardian Tom Paulin, the inflammatory poet, essayist and academic, has confirmed his talent for controversy by claiming Jewish settlers in Israel "should be shot dead". In an interview with the Egyptian paper, Al-Ahram Weekly, Paulin, a leading anti-Zionist, calls Brooklyn-born Jewish settlers "Nazis and racists", and insists: "I feel nothing but hatred for them." He also shows empathy for Palestinian suicide bombers, only criticising the tactic for its potential morale-boosting effect. "I can understand how suicide bombers feel," he says. "I think, though, it is better to resort to conventional guerrilla warfare. I think attacks on civilians in fact boost morale." The comments of Paulin, who is professor of English at Hertford College, Oxford, emerged yesterday as six people were killed and 60 injured when a female suicide bomber blew herself up in Jerusalem. Last night the Northern Irish poet said he stood by his remarks, adding: "I take the view that the Palestinians are in the same position as the French when they were invaded by Germany in the second world war. The settlers are the equivalent of the Germans or Franco trying to overthrow the Spanish Republic. Sharon is the equivalent of Franco." Last year Paulin was condemned by the Board of Deputies of British Jews, when the Observer published his poem in which he suggested the Israeli army deliberately gunned down "little Palestinian boys". Guardian Unlimited © Guardian Newspapers Limited 2002 --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9617B Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================