1. Gaza has no Jews in it so can not be considered occupied. The Palestinians control the border connections with Egypt under the (useless) eyes of the EU. In addition, they've had elections for years now so the entire first irony of having a 'first instance' of elections under 'occupation' is a false one. 2. The separation fence is the Palestinians own fault as they to this very day refuse to stop terrorists from coming into Israel and killing innocents. Where there is a fence, there has been a dramatic drop in cross border attacks. This has not stopped the Palestinians from continuing to launch rockets into Israel on an almost nightly basis. 3. Freedom to organize - Israel does not stop Palestinians from gathering. 4. Freedom of speech - Israel does not stop Palestinians from speaking or voicing their complaints whether true or false. 5. Freedom of the press - the only ones denying Palestinians freedom of the press are other Palestinians. Israel is not. 6. Shabba Farms was captured from Syria and is NOT part of Lebanon. The UN says this, the maps say this and the only ones using this as a reason to attack Israel are Hezbollah. 7. Israel did give a very generous offer at camp David and Arafat rejected it without putting forth his own offer. He was quoted saying that if he accepted he would have been killed by his own people.
Bottom line is that this is not such an interesting article as it makes a number of very false statements for effect. The rest of the article can be picked apart as well. But looking at the author and how he describes where he lives, I see why it has so many false statements. The fact that he wrote such a piece just shoots his comment about freedom of speech out of the water. > Interesting article: > > http://english.ohmynews.com/articleview/article_view.asp?no=272688&rel_no=1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:196010 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
