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Israel Votes For Sharon's Likud Party: Palestinian Plight To Go From Bad To Worse
After Ariel Sharon’s resounding election victory, Israel’s papers focus on the prime minister’s coalition-building dilemmas: He wants the left-wing Labor and centrist Shinui parties in his new government, but Labor is adamant about remaining in opposition, and the secular Shinui refuses to serve in the same government as the ultra-Orthodox parties
What can one do when a country elects a known war criminal?
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They call him “The Bulldozer.”
The nickname refers not only to his physical stature but also to his personality and his favorite tool.
Outside of Israel, most people know “The Bulldozer” as Ariel Sharon, the current Prime Minister of Israel.
He has always loved the slightest provocation, even gone out of his way to invite it; in fact as a young officer he was disciplined several times for unnecessarily provoking the Egyptians by putting his men in danger. Around the time of Israel proclaimed itself a state, he was the leader of Unit 101, a special forces company.
His men were staked out on a kibbutz near the border, with orders not to move until provoked. According to the story, he came running in one afternoon, saying: "Great news! They just killed the guard!" (On the theme of provocation to justify the use of force, keep in mind that it was Sharon's "visit" to one of the most sacred sites of Islam, together with a "guard" of over 1,000 Israeli soliders and police, that started the current intifada and, not incidently, got Sharon elected Prime Minister. Quite a comeback for someone who was accused by his own government of being a war criminal. He was found by an Israeli inquiry to be directly implicit in the massacres at Sabra and Shatila.)
In 1948, as a young officer in the IDF, as retaliation for a single murder, he led his heavily armed men into the nearby Jordanian (West Bank) village of Qibya– picked only because it was the closest. Most of the men of the village fled – they were largely unarmed, except for knives, and they feared that they would be rounded up and shot en masse, as had happened at several nearby Arab villages such as Tantura and Deir Yassin. That left mostly women and children cowering in back rooms and cellars.
As IDF snipers stood guard and prevented any escapes, members of Unit 101 proceeded methodically through the village and systematically dynamited 46 houses. It took four hours to destroy every home, with the people still inside. Palestinians claim that 73 women and children died, buried in the rubble. The official Israeli count is 69 dead and this is the number Sharon cites in his autobiography "Warrior."
In his famous address to the Knesset years later he outlined the same simple policy he has adhered to for 50 years: “They can ignore guns and bombs, but when we destroy their homes, we will get their attention. In Arabic, the worst curse you can call upon someone is to say ‘may your home be destroyed.’”
THE PLAN
As the man who invented the policy of building settlements in the West Bank after the 1967 war, he personally drew a map of where every settlement would be placed – the simple aim being to divide the West Bank into three areas, each completely surrounded with Israeli settlements - cut off and controllable. Identical in conception to the Bantustans of South African apartheid: isolate, control, subjugate.
A key element of his grand plan was to destroy as many Arab homes as possible, both to clear land for settlements and also to “break the spirit” of the Palestinians and making life so miserable for them that they would choose to move elsewhere.
His plan has proceeded without letup through several governments: since 1987 alone, 6,000 Palestinian homes have been dynamited or destroyed with bulldozers. In the process, 16,000 people have been left homeless, 7,000 of them children (source: Amesty International). In the life of most impoverished Palestinians, their home usually represents most or all of their financial security for the entire extended family. During the current Intifada, aerial bombing and shelling from tanks and artillery has resulted in the partial destruction of an additional 5575 homes and the complete demolition 480 homes. In one of the saddest turns of history, the People of the Book have somehow become the People of the Bulldozer.
Here in the West, based on the press coverage we see, most people conceive of a Palestinian home as a simple squatter’s mud hut. In some cases they are, but for the most part they are substantial homes that have been in the family for one or more generations — built and paid for with hard earned cash (Islamic law forbids mortgages). In about 1/3 of the cases, the Israeli Defense Force offers some sort of “reason” for the demolition, which is never questioned by the Israeli or American press. In many cases, no explaination is offered at all. For most Palestinian families, the home represents most or all of their family wealth — for many it is literally the only thing they own.
In many cases, the homes are destroyed as a "punishment." No judge, no jury, no trial, no evidence, no habeas corpus — not very "democratic" is it? In many cases the reasons are more trivial. In Gaza last year 13 homes were bulldozed to create a "clearer line of fire" for an IDF outpost. The outpost itself was abandoned a few days later.
The same applies to the olive trees. These are not merely ornamental as are most trees here in the U.S. For many in the West Bank and Gaza, the olive harvest is a major part of their income each year. Thousands of olive trees have been bulldozed or cut down (over 250,000 according to Amnesty International); in many more cases, the families that depend on them for their livlihood are deliberately placed under curfew or “closure” to prevent them from harvesting and the olives rot on the branches. The IDF sometimes claims that the trees "might hide snipers" but first, that is a particularly weak reason to bulldoze a producing tree that is also a source of livlihood and food for a family. More to the point, that certainly is not the explaination for the destruction of over 250,000 trees.
These "official" government reason cited for destruction are clearly the cover for the real reason: make life unlivable for the Palestinians; chip away at their residency house by house, resident by resident, inch by inch.
This is particularly ironic as for decades now, one of the main ways for members of the American Jewish community to remember a loved one or send a Channukah gift has been to send a donation to “plant a tree in Israel.” This is in keeping with the Israeli goal of “making the desert bloom.” Unfortunately, a great portion of the open land on which these forests are planted are in fact the bulldozed ruins of former Arab villages. These villages have not only been destroyed, they have been "erased" from history. When Sharon invaded Beirut, the first place he stopped was the offfices of the Palestinian History Project. They had been methodically assembling a history and survey of all of the villages of the former Palestine. Sharon knew of this and it was a thorn in his side. He quickly confiscated all of the records and had them efficiently "disappeared."
Since the signing of the Oslo accords in 1993, which specifically forbade the growth of West Bank settlements, an additional 70,000 acres of land have been confiscated, 674 homes bulldozed and 282,000 trees uprooted in the West Bank alone. (http://www.miftah.org). The population of the Jewish settlements has DOUBLED – to 200,000. Not only are there substantial subsidies for any Jewish person from anywhere in the world who wants to move to the Occuppied Territories, they also are excused from property taxes.
Whether you think the settlements are right or wrong, no matter whether you side with the Israeli’s or the Palestinians, we hope you will agree that using oppression, economic strangulation and the destruction of private homes and livlihoods is not a moral and ethical way to pursue political goals.
Some quotes:
"We must do everything to insure they never return. The old will die and the young will forget. We shall reduce the Arab population to a community of woodcutters and waiters." (David Ben Gurion – First Prime Minister of Israel. 1949).
"There is no other way than to transfer the Arabs from here to neighboring countries, not one village, not one tribe should be left" (Joseph Weitz, one of the founders of Israel and it's first President, 1940)
"We shall try to spirit the penniless population across the border by procuring employment for it in the transit countries, while denying it any employment in our own country .... expropriation and the removal of the poor must be carried out discreetly and circumspectly." -- Theodore Herzl – founder of Zionist movement (from Rafael Patai, Ed. The Complete Diaries of Theodore Herzl, Vol I)
"... it is the duty of the [Israeli] leadership to explain to the public a number of truths. One truth is that there is no Zionism, no settlement, and no Jewish state without evacuating Arabs, and without expropriating lands and their fencing off." -- Yesha'ayahu Ben-Porat, Israeli Cabinet Minister, 1951.
"The very point of Labor's Zionist program is to have as much land as possible and as few Arabs as possible!" --Yitzhak Navon ("moderate" ex-Israeli president and a leading left wing party politician.)
http://members.tripod.com/oranzof/bulldozer.html
---
They call him “The Bulldozer.”
The nickname refers not only to his physical stature but also to his personality and his favorite tool.
Outside of Israel, most people know “The Bulldozer” as Ariel Sharon, the current Prime Minister of Israel.
He has always loved the slightest provocation, even gone out of his way to invite it; in fact as a young officer he was disciplined several times for unnecessarily provoking the Egyptians by putting his men in danger. Around the time of Israel proclaimed itself a state, he was the leader of Unit 101, a special forces company.
His men were staked out on a kibbutz near the border, with orders not to move until provoked. According to the story, he came running in one afternoon, saying: "Great news! They just killed the guard!" (On the theme of provocation to justify the use of force, keep in mind that it was Sharon's "visit" to one of the most sacred sites of Islam, together with a "guard" of over 1,000 Israeli soliders and police, that started the current intifada and, not incidently, got Sharon elected Prime Minister. Quite a comeback for someone who was accused by his own government of being a war criminal. He was found by an Israeli inquiry to be directly implicit in the massacres at Sabra and Shatila.)
In 1948, as a young officer in the IDF, as retaliation for a single murder, he led his heavily armed men into the nearby Jordanian (West Bank) village of Qibya– picked only because it was the closest. Most of the men of the village fled – they were largely unarmed, except for knives, and they feared that they would be rounded up and shot en masse, as had happened at several nearby Arab villages such as Tantura and Deir Yassin. That left mostly women and children cowering in back rooms and cellars.
As IDF snipers stood guard and prevented any escapes, members of Unit 101 proceeded methodically through the village and systematically dynamited 46 houses. It took four hours to destroy every home, with the people still inside. Palestinians claim that 73 women and children died, buried in the rubble. The official Israeli count is 69 dead and this is the number Sharon cites in his autobiography "Warrior."
In his famous address to the Knesset years later he outlined the same simple policy he has adhered to for 50 years: “They can ignore guns and bombs, but when we destroy their homes, we will get their attention. In Arabic, the worst curse you can call upon someone is to say ‘may your home be destroyed.’”
THE PLAN
As the man who invented the policy of building settlements in the West Bank after the 1967 war, he personally drew a map of where every settlement would be placed – the simple aim being to divide the West Bank into three areas, each completely surrounded with Israeli settlements - cut off and controllable. Identical in conception to the Bantustans of South African apartheid: isolate, control, subjugate.
A key element of his grand plan was to destroy as many Arab homes as possible, both to clear land for settlements and also to “break the spirit” of the Palestinians and making life so miserable for them that they would choose to move elsewhere.
His plan has proceeded without letup through several governments: since 1987 alone, 6,000 Palestinian homes have been dynamited or destroyed with bulldozers. In the process, 16,000 people have been left homeless, 7,000 of them children (source: Amesty International). In the life of most impoverished Palestinians, their home usually represents most or all of their financial security for the entire extended family. During the current Intifada, aerial bombing and shelling from tanks and artillery has resulted in the partial destruction of an additional 5575 homes and the complete demolition 480 homes. In one of the saddest turns of history, the People of the Book have somehow become the People of the Bulldozer.
Here in the West, based on the press coverage we see, most people conceive of a Palestinian home as a simple squatter’s mud hut. In some cases they are, but for the most part they are substantial homes that have been in the family for one or more generations — built and paid for with hard earned cash (Islamic law forbids mortgages). In about 1/3 of the cases, the Israeli Defense Force offers some sort of “reason” for the demolition, which is never questioned by the Israeli or American press. In many cases, no explaination is offered at all. For most Palestinian families, the home represents most or all of their family wealth — for many it is literally the only thing they own.
In many cases, the homes are destroyed as a "punishment." No judge, no jury, no trial, no evidence, no habeas corpus — not very "democratic" is it? In many cases the reasons are more trivial. In Gaza last year 13 homes were bulldozed to create a "clearer line of fire" for an IDF outpost. The outpost itself was abandoned a few days later.
The same applies to the olive trees. These are not merely ornamental as are most trees here in the U.S. For many in the West Bank and Gaza, the olive harvest is a major part of their income each year. Thousands of olive trees have been bulldozed or cut down (over 250,000 according to Amnesty International); in many more cases, the families that depend on them for their livlihood are deliberately placed under curfew or “closure” to prevent them from harvesting and the olives rot on the branches. The IDF sometimes claims that the trees "might hide snipers" but first, that is a particularly weak reason to bulldoze a producing tree that is also a source of livlihood and food for a family. More to the point, that certainly is not the explaination for the destruction of over 250,000 trees.
These "official" government reason cited for destruction are clearly the cover for the real reason: make life unlivable for the Palestinians; chip away at their residency house by house, resident by resident, inch by inch.
This is particularly ironic as for decades now, one of the main ways for members of the American Jewish community to remember a loved one or send a Channukah gift has been to send a donation to “plant a tree in Israel.” This is in keeping with the Israeli goal of “making the desert bloom.” Unfortunately, a great portion of the open land on which these forests are planted are in fact the bulldozed ruins of former Arab villages. These villages have not only been destroyed, they have been "erased" from history. When Sharon invaded Beirut, the first place he stopped was the offfices of the Palestinian History Project. They had been methodically assembling a history and survey of all of the villages of the former Palestine. Sharon knew of this and it was a thorn in his side. He quickly confiscated all of the records and had them efficiently "disappeared."
Since the signing of the Oslo accords in 1993, which specifically forbade the growth of West Bank settlements, an additional 70,000 acres of land have been confiscated, 674 homes bulldozed and 282,000 trees uprooted in the West Bank alone. (http://www.miftah.org). The population of the Jewish settlements has DOUBLED – to 200,000. Not only are there substantial subsidies for any Jewish person from anywhere in the world who wants to move to the Occuppied Territories, they also are excused from property taxes.
Whether you think the settlements are right or wrong, no matter whether you side with the Israeli’s or the Palestinians, we hope you will agree that using oppression, economic strangulation and the destruction of private homes and livlihoods is not a moral and ethical way to pursue political goals.
Some quotes:
"We must do everything to insure they never return. The old will die and the young will forget. We shall reduce the Arab population to a community of woodcutters and waiters." (David Ben Gurion – First Prime Minister of Israel. 1949).
"There is no other way than to transfer the Arabs from here to neighboring countries, not one village, not one tribe should be left" (Joseph Weitz, one of the founders of Israel and it's first President, 1940)
"We shall try to spirit the penniless population across the border by procuring employment for it in the transit countries, while denying it any employment in our own country .... expropriation and the removal of the poor must be carried out discreetly and circumspectly." -- Theodore Herzl – founder of Zionist movement (from Rafael Patai, Ed. The Complete Diaries of Theodore Herzl, Vol I)
"... it is the duty of the [Israeli] leadership to explain to the public a number of truths. One truth is that there is no Zionism, no settlement, and no Jewish state without evacuating Arabs, and without expropriating lands and their fencing off." -- Yesha'ayahu Ben-Porat, Israeli Cabinet Minister, 1951.
"The very point of Labor's Zionist program is to have as much land as possible and as few Arabs as possible!" --Yitzhak Navon ("moderate" ex-Israeli president and a leading left wing party politician.)
http://members.tripod.com/oranzof/bulldozer.html
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The main feature of the emerging Palestinian state - split into three areas and eaten away by growing Israeli settlement - is its lack of territorial continuity.
http://mondediplo.com/maps/westbankdpl2000
http://mondediplo.com/maps/westbankdpl2000
At last July's Camp David summit the Israeli delegation spoke of "territorial concessions" to the Palestinians. But their proposals were not released in any official text still less recorded on any map. That is why the Jerusalem Task Force from Orient House (which represents Palestinian interests in Jerusalem), drew up this map on the basis of information from the Palestinian delegation to the summit. Ehud Barak's Palestinian state is shown as a West Bank territory divided into three and further subdivided by roads reserved for Jewish settlers plus the Gaza Strip.
http://mondediplo.com/maps/campdavid2000
http://mondediplo.com/maps/campdavid2000
Arafat's bombs put Sharon in office - of the Palestinians want peace, they should end the attacks.
"We must do everything to insure they never return. The old will die and the young will forget. We shall reduce the Arab population to a community of woodcutters and waiters." (David Ben Gurion – First Prime Minister of Israel. 1949).
One can blame the Palestinians, Arafat or the Saudis or some one else but nobody will hold the Israeli public accountable for making their own plight worse.
I hope after this last election the world stops mourning the suicide bombings... the Israeli public must wake up and see that it cant keep blaming others for its own plight
I hope after this last election the world stops mourning the suicide bombings... the Israeli public must wake up and see that it cant keep blaming others for its own plight
Israel should be held accountable for its actions as well as their electing a mass-murderer.
He is beloved by the Israeli people who call him "Arik Sharon."
To see their love for him, check out this link which praises his terrorism during his command of the infamous Unit 101:
"Their weapon was the improvisations. Their methods were unique [understatement]. The 101st Unit became a legend. Furthermore, it became a model for...the Israeli army. It built new military norms. The Israeli army turned out to be a macro model of the 101st Unit. The charismatic commander of 101 was Arik Sharon [charismatic-is that a joke?]. He became a model commander."
http://www.jewishpost.com/jp0703/jpn0703a.htm
And just in case that link disappears, here is a cached version:
He is beloved by the Israeli people who call him "Arik Sharon."
To see their love for him, check out this link which praises his terrorism during his command of the infamous Unit 101:
"Their weapon was the improvisations. Their methods were unique [understatement]. The 101st Unit became a legend. Furthermore, it became a model for...the Israeli army. It built new military norms. The Israeli army turned out to be a macro model of the 101st Unit. The charismatic commander of 101 was Arik Sharon [charismatic-is that a joke?]. He became a model commander."
http://www.jewishpost.com/jp0703/jpn0703a.htm
And just in case that link disappears, here is a cached version:
For more information:
http://216.239.33.100/search?q=cache:PK-lc...
--"the murderous arabs in Israel who, for some reason, refer to themselves as "palestinians" should be grateful that a better people such as the Israeli's are willing to teach them how to be human..."
Yes. The Israelis have taught them well. And now that the Palestinians are beginning to behave like Israelis, maybe the Israelis should hug them and recognize them as their own creation.
Yes. The Israelis have taught them well. And now that the Palestinians are beginning to behave like Israelis, maybe the Israelis should hug them and recognize them as their own creation.
Your comments degrading and deligitimizing Arik Sharon are an atrocity in and of itself. Its easy for you, sitting far off in relative safety to belittle a hero and a master statesman, a man who has virtually put and end to the infrastructure of local terrorism, and has made us all feel that someone with responsibility and with a vision -- which includes REAL peace, not some figment of master terrorist Arafat's feeble imagination -- is finally running the show. A third of the country elected him, and another third elected parties like his or to the right. I guess that means we're all wrong, doesn't it? But I suppose that the ignorance of the author if that despicable article also is against wiping out what remains of Saddam Hussein also. All simply drivel coming from the mouths of those who are armchair politicians, statesmen, and ersatz intellectuals.
Sharon is the man...and after this term, he'll get elected again...after he's had a chance to wipe out terrorism completely, to give the REAL palestinian people a working chance at bettering their lives, and to join Mr. Bush and the U.S. in recreating a world devoid of Islamic fundamentalism, lies, deceit, and repression.
Sharon is the man...and after this term, he'll get elected again...after he's had a chance to wipe out terrorism completely, to give the REAL palestinian people a working chance at bettering their lives, and to join Mr. Bush and the U.S. in recreating a world devoid of Islamic fundamentalism, lies, deceit, and repression.
A nice review of the facts. It is ironic how a people who are currently building Holocaust muesems in every big city in America are currently exterminating/oppressing another people.
Mr Bulldozer Sharon needs a one-way visit to the Hague.
Mr Bulldozer Sharon needs a one-way visit to the Hague.
Here's a quote from your infamous message:
Whether you think the settlements are right or wrong, no matter whether you side with the Israeli’s or the Palestinians, we hope you will agree that using oppression, economic strangulation and the destruction of private homes and livlihoods is not a moral and ethical way to pursue political goals.
No...I don't agree. You know why? Because I can't bomb them back because then I'll be a terrorist. I can't attack them with my Army because then I'm oppressing them...the poor, dejected, nobody-loves-us Hamas, Jihad, etc. And I can't penalize them economically either...none of that is "moral or ethical" is it?
But their terrorist attacks on the populus of Israel including babies...that's moral and ethical, right? Where is your big mouth when it comes to those attacks? Your silence only points to your bias. Noone in their right mind will take what you've written seriously. Just another crank.
Whether you think the settlements are right or wrong, no matter whether you side with the Israeli’s or the Palestinians, we hope you will agree that using oppression, economic strangulation and the destruction of private homes and livlihoods is not a moral and ethical way to pursue political goals.
No...I don't agree. You know why? Because I can't bomb them back because then I'll be a terrorist. I can't attack them with my Army because then I'm oppressing them...the poor, dejected, nobody-loves-us Hamas, Jihad, etc. And I can't penalize them economically either...none of that is "moral or ethical" is it?
But their terrorist attacks on the populus of Israel including babies...that's moral and ethical, right? Where is your big mouth when it comes to those attacks? Your silence only points to your bias. Noone in their right mind will take what you've written seriously. Just another crank.
You should be shamed by the behaviour of Sharon and Israel. You should be shamed by the blatant racism and total lack of spirutal awarness, you are all hypocrites and have reduced your selves to the lowest
of the low. True Judism has been replaced by maddness and makes a mockery of your religion
in the same way that Christianity and Nazism have.
Abraham is turning in his grave, for you shame the name of God. You must ask the follow up question:
CHOSEN FOR WHAT? What a Myth and LIE.
of the low. True Judism has been replaced by maddness and makes a mockery of your religion
in the same way that Christianity and Nazism have.
Abraham is turning in his grave, for you shame the name of God. You must ask the follow up question:
CHOSEN FOR WHAT? What a Myth and LIE.
--"Your comments degrading and deligitimizing Arik Sharon are an atrocity in and of itself."
Sorry to break this to you, but it's not just *my* comments but the opinion of the entire world outside of Israel and the Bush administration.
Sorry to break this to you, but it's not just *my* comments but the opinion of the entire world outside of Israel and the Bush administration.
--"[Sharon] a man who has virtually put and end to the infrastructure of local terrorism"
Actually, since Sharon became Prime Minister, suicide bombings skyrocketed because of his policies and actions towards the Palestinians.
Actually, since Sharon became Prime Minister, suicide bombings skyrocketed because of his policies and actions towards the Palestinians.
Palestinian and their leftists friends want all the benefits of fighting a war but none of the costs. Too bad losers - you turn to arms, you pay with blood - thats the way the world works.
Who wrote this antisemitic drivel? Ariel Sharon is a great defender of Israel against the sea of murderous terrorists. He is not a war criminal but a hero.
If you count all the people killed, starved, made homeless, or otherwise suffering, this is a relatively minor conflict in the middle east in the past 50 years. It is far overshadowed by the millions killed in Iran/Iraq, Algeria, Sudan, Somalia, and Yemen, to name a few. Not to mention the human rights violations and oppression that are "normal" in Arab countries.
Funny how Arabs never protest against the larger conflicts.
Palestine to them is a symbol of their dislike and disdain for the west, and nothing more. Only two countries in all of history have offered the Palestinians self-rule. Those two countries are Britain and Israel.
Eat your own hypocrisy, Arabs!
Funny how Arabs never protest against the larger conflicts.
Palestine to them is a symbol of their dislike and disdain for the west, and nothing more. Only two countries in all of history have offered the Palestinians self-rule. Those two countries are Britain and Israel.
Eat your own hypocrisy, Arabs!
--"If you count all the people killed, starved, made homeless, or otherwise suffering, this is a relatively minor conflict in the middle east in the past 50 years."
First of all, this isn't relatively minor. Israel killed over 40,000 people in Lebanon alone (2000 in 1978. 20,000 in 1982. And nearly 20,000 more during their 18 year occupation of Lebanon). That's a relatively minor incident, isn't it since it's your beloved country killing just some insignificant Arabs.
Even if you consider it minor (because it's Israelis killing Arabs), does that mean we should all keep paying for Israel? Talk about hypocrisy. Israel and it's supporters are the biggest hypocrites around. At least when you oppose the Indonesian dictatorship or the Contras or whatever, you don't get cry babies writing in endlessly defending the aggressors.
First of all, this isn't relatively minor. Israel killed over 40,000 people in Lebanon alone (2000 in 1978. 20,000 in 1982. And nearly 20,000 more during their 18 year occupation of Lebanon). That's a relatively minor incident, isn't it since it's your beloved country killing just some insignificant Arabs.
Even if you consider it minor (because it's Israelis killing Arabs), does that mean we should all keep paying for Israel? Talk about hypocrisy. Israel and it's supporters are the biggest hypocrites around. At least when you oppose the Indonesian dictatorship or the Contras or whatever, you don't get cry babies writing in endlessly defending the aggressors.
>Elijah Wasserstein • Friday January 31, 2003 at 02:19 PM
>Ariel Sharon is a great defender of Israel against the sea of murderous terrorists. He is not a war criminal but a hero.
Much of the outside world see's Sharon for what he is,
a murderous terrorists. Expand your mind Jew and get a clue.
>Elijah Wasserstein • Friday January 31, 2003 at 02:19 PM
>Ariel Sharon is a great defender of Israel against the sea of murderous terrorists. He is not a war criminal but a hero.
How many Palestinian homes did he bulldoze today (Feb 2)? Let's see .... 22 homes because they didn't have "permits" to build in their own territory.....
Oh and very nice, IFD used UN-banned rockets launched from attack helecopters at what turned out to be children playing football on a football field.
This is just the last 24 hours.
Sharon is due for an appearance in front of the Hauge
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