At 03:40 PM 1/23/02 +0100 Baardwijk, J. van DTO/SLWPD/RZO/BOZO wrote:
>> >> So, If I understand it correctly, Israel is required, after 4
>> >> attacks to retreat to show good will. Am I missing something?
>> >> Shouldn't the attacking countries be the ones required to
>> >> demonstrate good will?
>> >
>> >I believe they have. They have entered into peace negotiations with
>> >Israel, and have refrained from attempts to invade Israel -- even
>> >though their combined military forces would probably outnumber
>> >Israel's military forces.
>>
>> The killing of the families of 12-year-old girls is presumably another
>> example of this restraint, right?
>
>You are not reading what was written. Note the phrase "attacking countries".
>Israeli civilians are being targeted by Palestinian terrorists, not by
>Israel's neighbouring countries. Last I heard, a sovereign country called
>Palestine did not and still does not exist.
You apparently have never talked to the League of Arab States, which has
the country of "Palestine" as a member.
If you wish to state affirmatively that the Palestinians are not showing
good will towards Israel, a country they have viciously attacked four
times, then please do so.
If you will not make such an affirmative statement, however, then your
semantic obfuscation will not be dignified with further comment.
>> Good will?
>>
>> GOOD WILL JEROEN????????????
>>
>> Jeroen, if the world ever needed further demonstration of your flaming
>> Anti-Semitism,
>
><SIGH>
>
>For the umpteenth time (and probably in vain), criticising Israeli politics
>does NOT equal anti-Semitism. I checked two different dictionaries (one
>Dutch, one English) and both define anti-Semitism as "hatred of Jews". I
>have never stated that I hate Jews. I criticise *politics*, not *religion*.
Wrong thread Jeroen. You were not criticized as being an Anti-Semite for
criticizing the policies of Israel.
You were criticized as being an Anti-Semite for appearing to hold that
those who intentionally target innocent Israeli civlians with vicious
attacks were in fact showing "good will" towards Israel.
You have been given the opportunity to disavow yourself of that appearance.
>> it is that you can describel a group of people that is viciously
>> targeting innocent civilians going about daily life as standard
>> operating tactics as echibiting GOOD WILL towards their victims.
>
>Again, you are not reading what was written. I said that the COUNTRIES that
>have previously attacked Israel have shown restrain by not attacking a fifth
>time, even though their combined armed forces would probably outnumber
>Israel's armed forces.
Sorry Jeroen, but there is no knowledgeable person who believes that Israel
would not defeat in Egypt/Lebanon/Syria/Jordan/Palestine in another
combined war.
JDG
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