No doubt, Mo, there are crappy Israelis who do crappy things like vandalize and loot. Certainly, those crappy things can't be compared to terrorist acts on civilians.
----- Original Message ----- From: "mo mansour" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 7:54 AM Subject: RE: Fw: Letter from an Israeli soldier > When I said that Israeli soldiers where destroying and > vandalizing and looting Palestinians homes and stores > and schools and anything they can find when they > "invaded" palestinian towns, people said I was a liar > and im lying about all this to cause hate, but guess > what showed up today in the Israeli newspapers.. > > http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=157479&contrassID =2&subContrassID=1&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y > > http://news.haaretz.co.il/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=158010&contrassID=2 &subContrassID=3&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y&itemNo=158010 > > And these are Israeli papers, written by sraelis...are > they lying too ? > > And for people to say that the media is biased towards > the Palestinians ? Here is a very small example, you > decide for yourself. > > here is the Israeli version of this story.on the > Israeli newspaper. > http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=156853&contrassID =1&subContrassID=7&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y > > IDF soldiers shot and wounded an Arab resident of East > Jerusalem Saturday, who they suspected of being a > terrorist. The Arab was in West Jerusalem at a > discotheque close to the center of the city. During > the evening, a drunken IDF soldier, of Vietnamese > descent, spotted two Palestinians loitering at the > entrance to the discotheque, in the company of a > Vietnamese woman. An argument broke about between the > Palestinians and the soldier. The three left the > discoteque, and, during angry exchanges, the soldier > reportedly struck one of the Palestinians, Kais Iman, > with the butt of his rifle. The Palestinian ran off in > the direction of Bikur Holim hospital when the soldier > opened fire. Two other soldiers, hearing shots, ran to > the area, where the drunken soldier told them that the > Palestinian was a suspected terrorist. The two began > to chase after the Arab, shot and wounded him. A short > time later, the Palestinian was found unconscious on > Hanevi'im Street, with four bullet-wounds. He was > taken to Hadassah University Hospital at Ein Karem, > where doctors described his condition as serious. The > soldiers involved were detained for questioning by > Jerusalem police. > > Here is what got reported on Reuters, and then made > reference to in other US papers.. > http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml;jsessionid=UZWWE4FV0HEY2CRBAE0CFEY KEEATGIWD?type=topnews&StoryID=890635 > > JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A gunman opened fire in the > center of west Jerusalem early on Sunday, wounding two > people in an attack that police said had no apparent > connection to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. A > police spokesman said an armed man was taken into > custody after the shooting near the Bikur Holim > hospital in the mostly Jewish section of the city. > "It's apparently not nationalistic," the spokesman > said, using the term Israeli officials apply to > incidents stemming from the 19-month-old Palestinian > uprising against Israeli occupation. Police have > remained on high alert in Jerusalem, which has been > the frequent site of Palestinian shooting attacks and > suicide bombings during the conflict. > > Does it say that the gunman was a Drunk Israeli > soldier ? NO > Does it say the victim was Palestinian ? NO > Notice it said an armed man was taken into custody ? > no, the Isaeli soldier was the one taken into > custody..the Un-armed Palestinian man was shot. > Anyone reading that article would think the gunman was > a Palestinian, and the victims where Israelis ...thats > the power of the media!! > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Health - your guide to health and wellness > http://health.yahoo.com > ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
