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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (2221)	9/6/2002 1:39:45 AM
From: deibutfeif	Respond to of 6945

Thanks for that insight Nadine. I knew from observation of your past posts that I could count on you for real data! <ggg> ~dbf

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (2221)	9/6/2002 9:13:31 AM
From: Thomas M.	Respond to of 6945

Israel = Nazi Germany? The Israeli chief of staff spoke of the Palestinians as a "cancerous demographic threat" and the world shrugged. So who said "Never Again"? Interview with Israeli chief of staff Moshe Ya'alon in Ha'aretz last week: "Q: There is something surprising in the fact that you see the Palestinian threat as an existential threat. "A: The characteristics of that threat are invisible, like cancer. When you are attacked externally, you see the attack, you are wounded. Cancer, on the other hand, is something internal. Therefore, I find it more disturbing, because here the diagnosis is critical. If the diagnosis is wrong and people say it's not cancer but a headache, then the response is irrelevant. But I maintain that it is cancer. My professional diagnosis is that there is a phenomenon here that constitutes an existential threat. "Q: Does that mean that what you are doing now, as chief of staff, in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, is applying chemotherapy? A: There are all kinds of solutions to cancerous manifestations. Some will say it is necessary to amputate organs. But at the moment, I am applying chemotherapy, yes." Later in the interview he explains: "they believe that time is on their side and that, with a combination of terrorism and demography, they will tire us out and wear us down." The "demography" part of the threat can only mean that each and every Palestinian, in his mind, is a cancerous cell to be eliminated. To be a demographic threat, you don't need to do anything. You only need to be Palestinian. [5] Prime minister Sharon backed his words, thus placing them in line with government policy. It is irrelevant, therefore, to speak of the Israeli actions against the Palestinians as "collective punishment." They are not a population which is collectively punished for the crimes of a few. Each and every Palestinian is a target in the Sharon-Ya'alon "war against cancer". counterpunch.org