----- Original Message ----- From: "John Garside" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 9:16 PM Subject: napalm ... or something
A major newspaper in Japan reported this morning that the total deaths of inhabitants in Gaza reached 1,000 since the campaign started. The last report of the death counts on Israel side was, I believe, less than 10. In other words, the ratio of deatch counts is 100:1 in this campaign. Yet the war is continuing. The same paper also reported that Hamas was originally a humanitarian group helping war-woundeds, which became a militant group. It all cited Israel's use of white phosphorous. A Wikipedia article, on the other hand, says: Hamas was created in 1987 by Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi and Mohammad Taha of the Palestinian wing of the Muslim Brotherhood at the beginning of the First Intifada. Notorious[neutrality disputed] for its suicide attacks and other attacks[2] on Israeli civilians and security forces, Hamas also runs extensive social programs[3] and has gained popularity in Palestinian society by establishing hospitals, education systems, libraries and other services[4] throughout the West Bank and Gaza Strip.[3] Hamas' charter calls for the recapturing of the State of Israel and replacing it with a Palestinian Islamic state in the area that is now internationally known as Israel, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip.[5] Hamas describes its conflict with Israel as political and not religious[6] or antisemitic.[7] However, its founding charter, writings, and many of its public statements[8] reflect the influence of antisemitic conspiracy theories.[9] The author of the above Wiki article seems to believe that Hamas' motive is primarily regaining their land taken by Jews. Based on that theory, it seems that the war between them may never cease until all the opposing human resources are exhausted, or the land is given back to the original owner. It was a fool, whoever it was, who made a decision to give the land to Jews maybe falsely believing that Palestinians who live there are Untermensch and do not deserve any right of land ownership. Israel may last forever, after all, but people will remember that it was achieved by force using white phosphorus and others, regardless of religion they believe in or atheism they believe in. Who can blame Iran or North Korea for trying to develop nuclear armaments? Those are now relatively poor people's bludgeons. Minoru Mochizuki --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Persons posting messages to not_honyaku assume all responsibility for their messages. The list owner does not review messages prior to posting, and accepts no responsibility for the content of messages posted. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
