----- Original Message ----- From: "Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Brin-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 03, 2001 4:00 PM Subject: Re: Tragedy in Israel
> Putting the jokes aside I'm rather worried that the response of the Israeli > government to the Hamas attacks will do more harm then good. Bombing a city > (even if the target aimed for is a legitemate one) with a number of missiles (I > heard of nine, CNN) , to me, doesn't sound like a measured response that takes > into account the possibility of innocents getting hit. It will only polarize > things further and no good will come of it. > Let me use this as an example of a response that I consider critical of the policies of the government of Israel, but not inherently anti-Semetic. You make a point here that is debatable, one that I might not agree with, but one that sounds like an attempt to arrive at an understanding of what's best for all. Dan M.
