> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: John D. Giorgis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Verzonden: maandag 21 januari 2002 23:14 > Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Onderwerp: Re: Fwd: CNN Breaking News
> >Again, it looks more like Israel used this as an excuse to continue > >its "Silence the Palestinian Media" operation, rather than an attack > >on whoever sent the terrorist. > > Silencing anti-semitic propaganda (and it *is* hate-speech and direct > incitement to terrorism that we are talking about here Jeroen) is a > very reasonable step to take when people listening to this propaganda > are attacking the families of 12-year-old girls. Given the fear and hatred in Israel of Arabs in general and Palestinians in particular, I have no reason to assume that Israeli media do NOT spread lies about and call for revenge against Palestinians. It would therefore be reasonable for the Palestinians to blow up buildings of Israeli media companies to silence the spreading of anti-Palestinian hate-speech and calls for revenge. Yet, while you think Israel's actions are justified, I doubt you would consider such an act justified if the Palestinians would do the exact same thing. And even assuming that you are right, how do you explain Israel's refusal to renew press passes for Palestinian journalists? Given that we see three events within a few weeks that indicate an operation to silence Palestinian media, I think there is enough reason to assume that Israel is indeed engaging in such an operation. Jeroen _________________________________________________________________________ Wonderful World of Brin-L Website: http://www.Brin-L.com Tom's Photo Gallery: http://tom.vanbaardwijk.com
