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To: Elmer Flugum who wrote (448)	7/15/2002 4:11:42 PM
From: Thomas M.	Respond to of 3959

collective conscience, if they have one left. Yes, that is open to question . . . <<< A report by the Israeli League for Human and Civil Rights produced in February 1981 based on information from Israeli army reservists uncovers the context of Israeli military repression: anti-Arab racism. One reservist testified that on the arrival of his unit in Hebron District, they were given an orientation session on “the Arabs”. The unit was explicitly instructed that Arabs “are not like human beings” and should be treated like “animals”. The military lecturers highlighted that Arabs learn from the “exercise of authority”, and that they “want to be beaten.” Clear instructions for terrorizing Palestinian families through beating, torture, smashing or confiscation of property, ruining of food supplies and so on were articulated. For instance, the same reservist said his unit was told: “If there is any resistance, then we should break all the bones of the father and the older sons, but if there is no resistance and especially if the father begs us for mercy in front of his children, then he should be slapped on the face once or twice, but some minimal beating there must be.” He stated that most of the men in his unit “enjoyed the whole thing”, except a few who decided to emigrate from Israel after the experience of serving on the West Bank. A second reservist said that a member of the extremist Israeli group, Gush Emunim, had lectured his unit, explaining to them that “the Arabs must be driven out of the land, which was given to the Jews by God on the condition that they live in it alone, without gentiles”. He recalled that whenever there was a curfew, Israeli soldiers would go from house to house “to beat, to frighten, and to humiliate.” Before the end of his service, the reservist narrated, there was another lecture by a member of Gush Emunim, who advised them: “Don’t fear that what you have done you have done to human beings... You didn’t beat or humiliate Jews, and that’s what counts.” A third reservist described how soldiers would become increasingly attracted to the prospect of violence. After a few days, Israeli soldiers became addicted to sadism “more and more,” he said “unable to get free of it.” A fourth reservist described a barbed wire encampment in a field where some 300 Palestinian men and boys were being questioned, beaten, and tortured; while they screamed, Israelis stood around laughing. An Israeli guard at the gate told the reservist and his comrades, “It is a free cinema here. If you want, you may watch.” When the reservist asked why the Palestinians were being beaten, another Israeli soldier made clear that “security” had nothing to do with it, replying: “Wouldn’t you enjoy beating an Arab? Where else do you get such an opportunity?” Institutional discrimination ensures that such horrific policies are perpetrated with impunity. B’tselem observes that: “In recent years, law enforcement vis-a-vis settlers has been harshly criticized by many, including the Attorney General and the High Court of Justice. The Shamgar Commission, established in 1994 following the massacre at the cave of the Patriarchs, censured law enforcement policy in cases of violence against Palestinians. It determined that no real measures were taken to improve the situation, despite repeated warnings. A report published by B’Tselem, prior to the establishment of the Commission stated that all of Israel’s law enforcement authorities - the military, the police, the State Prosecutor and the judicial system - have adopted an undeclared policy of absolution, compromise and mitigation for Israeli citizens who harm Palestinians in the Occupied Territories.” >>> mediamonitors.net Tom

To: Elmer Flugum who wrote (448)	7/15/2002 4:13:33 PM
From: Thomas M.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3959

Does this sound familiar? Justifying the targeting of children, senior South African police officers: “… have complained recently that their efforts to deal with unrest are hampered by the rioters’ tactics, including the use of women and children as ‘human shields’, the absence of suspected leaders from the front lines of most protests and the increased attacks on police, particularly the township homes of black policemen.” mediamonitors.net Tom

To: Elmer Flugum who wrote (448)	7/15/2002 6:47:32 PM
From: goldsnow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3959

No it ain't..They did not place living people into Lebanese Bundustans-slumps (neither did Jordanians) It is squarely On Arab Consciness... As for solution, that has been floated for years..Exchange Confiscated/appropriated Jewish property in Middle East and Give it to Refugee Descendants in slumps....Any ultimate solution would require "Champions" for Palestinian Rights, to recognise stolen Jewish property All over Arab Lands and Iran...(500,000 people came to Israel from Middle Eastern countries with nothing)