Just a number of statements that make a lot of implications and are not true. "The Israeli military keeps journalists at a distance, so we can only imagine what we're not allowed to see: the shoe, the handbag, walls smeared with Palestinian blood." The first example he used using these words were of a suicide bomber. This implies that the same happens to the Palestinians. Not true. The deaths of civilians during operations like defensive shield are accidents rather than targets. Look at the real news coming from Jenin where they're seeing that there was no massacre, the number of dead is much lower than the PA wants the world to believe and they're almost all militants. Israel has not gone out of its way to kill civilians, just the opposite. There is no juxtaposition here.
"Israeli hard-liners insist that the only way to achieve peace is through Ariel Sharon's nightmare policies of West Bank incursions, targeted assassinations and ever-expanding settlements. It's a fantasy based on crushing, if not eliminating, the Palestinians" The incursions happen in response to suicide bombings, not for 'fun'. The targeting of terrorists is the same (and I support killing killers before they kill). The 'ever expanding settlements' is another tern used with no truth. Most 'settlements' are not expanding but are shrinking. As a final note, using terms like hard liners to say that there's only the bad guys behind this is false. The 'soft liners' or whatever the term for them is has also been behind the governments actions. "Without a viable Palestine, the old dream of an Israel at peace will remain a fantasy." Unless that 'viable Palestine' rejects terror there will never be peace with Israel so the entire statement is a fantasy. "Last year, the Israeli group Rabbis for Human Rights began collecting money to replant some of the more than 30,000 Palestinian olive trees that have been bulldozed by the Israeli military." Bulldozed because they were used as sniper positions. The group happens to be one of those apologetic "we have to save and support the Palestinians no matter how many Jews die" type groups that have not done anything to help the situation but instead has caused harm. No disrespect to Ben or anyone else on this list but I've found that many Reform Jews hold the same basic idea that this guy does, an idea promoted and disbursed by the reform communities leaders. It's a very left wing, give it all away, peace no matter what idea that blinds itself to the reality of whats going on in Israel. Individual people in the reform movement do as they will, but the leadership has been showing this for a while now and I think it totally sucks. At 01:43 PM 4/18/02, you wrote: >I thought it was a good article and I'd be interested in your opinion. > >Howie > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Michael Dinowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 1:37 PM >Subject: Re: Peace Can Grow a 'Leaf' at a Time > > >> I didn't agree with a few things he said and the implications behind them, but I'm >going to leave it alone. >> >> At 01:22 PM 4/18/02, you wrote: >> >http://www.newsday.com/news/opinion/ny-vpdav162670392apr16.story >> > >> >I really liked this article written by Osha Gray Davidson in Newsday, so I thought >I'd share it here. In the article he gives >his >> >opinion on the current crisis in the Middle East from his perspective on the >situation and the possibilities of a solution. >> > >> > >> > ______________________________________________________________________ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
