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To: Mr. Whist who wrote (250515)	4/24/2002 1:57:22 PM
From: Emile Vidrine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Israel has gone to far! Friday, April 19, 2002 Copyright © Las Vegas Review-Journal COLUMN: Barbara Robinson Israel has gone too far Is it too much to ask the media to give us a balanced view of what is happening in the Middle East? Every time there is a suicide bombing we get the grisly pictures, but Israel -- which calls itself a democracy -- would not allow the International Red Cross or any members of the press in to see the alleged slaughter and mass destruction that they had committed in Jenin and Bethlehem. It's time for the media to stand up and develop some integrity. To continue to cover only one side of this horrendous war is dishonest. By showing only what Israel allows, the media has become a Public Service Announcement for Israel. If nothing else, Americans ought to see the protests going on all over the world against the United States because of its one-sided support of Israel. America's timid response to the destruction in Jenin is embarrassing. One would think Israel gives us $3 billion a year instead of the other way around. I was horrified that the Israelis were planning to bury the Palestinian dead in Jenin. How dare they! We may have accepted the fact that the people the Israelis killed were their enemy, but to deny any people the right to bury their brothers, sisters, mothers, fathers and children is worse than inhumane. I am tired of Israel trying to compare what they are doing with the U.S. response to the Sept. 11 attacks. There is no comparison. Americans have not illegally occupied any place for more than 30 years. We have not built houses on another's land, we have not imprisoned a people, bulldozed their houses, cut off their water and electricity. We have not mentally terrorized a country. Israel is defining the war. Too much time has been spent on whether one side will denounce suicide bombing ... without equal weapons, that is what the Palestinians have been reduced to. Israel behaves like a child doing something wrong who wants to draw attention away from his actions. For months Israel has been allowed to go into Palestine and assassinate alleged terrorists. This is not how American democracy responds. We have trials. We must be responsible friends. We must tell our friends when they have gone wrong, when they are too blinded to see the big picture. Palestinians are human beings and have every right to defend themselves. Let's consider giving Palestinians the right to acquire equal weaponry to defend themselves. Why should Israel be the only one with master weapons? For years, Israel has opposed any outside security forces. Israel can't have it both ways. I don't feel comfortable watching weapons supplied by the United States with my tax dollars used to destroy the Holy Land. Israel must pay for the rebuilding of Jenin and Bethlehem. American tax dollars must be used for rebuilding our schools. Ariel Sharon, as much a terrorist as Arafat, hasn't seen a peace agreement he could live with. Sharon, Israel's worst leader ever, has encouraged the suicide bombings. He kept telling Americans and the world that his incursion into the Palestinian area