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To: StormRider who wrote (1300)	4/1/2002 12:55:18 AM
From: StormRider	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6945

THE ISRAEL LOBBY By Michael Lind, Prospect, April 2002 America's unconditional support for Israel runs counter to the interests of the US and its allies. We need an open, unprejudiced debate about it prospectmagazine.co.uk It is not in the news stories, but in the opinion pages and the journals of opinion-which ought to provide the missing context-that propaganda for Israel has free reign. There are several widely-syndicated columnists and television pundits who are apologists for the Israeli right, like Safire, Cal Thomas, George Will and Charles Krauthammer. Others like Anthony Lewis, Flora Lewis and Thomas Friedman do criticise right-wing Israeli governments, but anything more than the mildest criticism of Israel is taboo in the mainstream media. The taboo against anti-Arab bigotry, however, is weak. One of the saddest consequences of Israel's colonialism has been the moral coarsening of elements of the Jewish-American community. I grew up admiring Jewish civil rights activists for their sometimes heroic role in the fight to dismantle segregation in the US. But today I frequently hear Jewish acquaintances discuss Arabs in general, and Palestinians in particular, in terms as racist as those once used by southerners in public when discussing blacks…

To: StormRider who wrote (1300)	4/1/2002 9:01:20 AM
From: Machaon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6945

<< If Israel is so innocent then why won't they allow international monitors in the area? >> International monitors were in Lebanon, when Israeli soldiers were captured and murdered by Muslim terrorists, and the monitors just stood there, filmed the capture, and did nothing to stop it. Israel would accept international monitors if they were truly unbiased and not members of forces that are hostile towards Israel. << Why do they shoot above the heads of journalists or the media to scare them away? >> By your statement, I guess this happens once in a while. I would have to see the individual circumstances, but most of the time I watch news accounts where the journalists are not shot at. << Does Israel not want the real truth to be known? >> If you mean "the real truth" to be the propaganda produced by terrorist groups, then you have a point. Most of the "news" coming from Muslim nations is produced by dictators and is full of lies. I smile when I read your statement about "real truth". That phrase is usually used when someone wants their lies accepted as gospel. You are silent about the propaganda produced by Arab tyrants. Why? << or is America going to continue to be brainwashed by the threat of this "axis of evil" bullshit to justify their cause?? >> The "axis of evil" is North Korea, Iraq and Iran. Why is it bullshit? Do you find nothing wrong with North Korea starving it's people to death, while the cruel, criminal rulers feast and party? Do you find nothing wrong with Iraq's attempt to develop weapons of mass destruction? This doesn't scare you? How about Saddamn using chemical weapons to murder huge numbers of Iraqis? This is ok with you? How about Iran's ruthless dictatorship and support of terrorist groups? This is OK with you? But, when the only peace-loving democracy in the Middle East, Israel, merely wants to live in peace, you are outraged! I don't agree with you about America being brainwashed, as you accuse, but I think someone has done a pretty good job with you. <g>

To: StormRider who wrote (1300)	4/1/2002 11:39:37 AM
From: Machaon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 6945

<< If Israel is so innocent then ... Why do they shoot above the heads of journalists or the media to scare them away? >> ===> "Palestinians shoot American journalist" jpost.com I'm actually sorry to post this to you. You seem only interested in your "real truth".