----- Original Message ----- From: "J. van Baardwijk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Brin-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 3:49 PM Subject: Re: Treatment Of Prisoners (was RE: Tragedy in Israel)
> When it comes to "being out of touch", I think that maybe getting a > sporting event wrong (but that could very well be my mistake) is nothing > compared to NPR's double standards when it comes to reporting about Israel > and the Palestines (see Nick Arnett's post). > It was closer to an imprecise shorthand. The suicide bombings were killing people just living their lives. In the clashes between armed Palestinians and armed Israelies, violence has typically been instigated by the Palestinians. It makes sense, a non-violent status quo, as between the the Oslo accords and the restart of the infatal by Arafat, greatly favored Israel. It did not favor those who wanted to reclaim Israel as their own. The rejection of an accord on the right to return and the favoring of suicide bombing of civilians by the vast majority of Palestinains also gives testimony to who favors violence. Have you examples of Israelie soldiers simply opening fire in a crouded marketplace? Dan M.
