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To: GUSTAVE JAEGER who wrote (8940)	3/31/2004 3:08:20 AM
From: Raymond Duray	Respond to of 20773

Hey Gus, Here is yet another pin to use for pricking the official bubble of media mendacity: xymphora.blogspot.com 3/28/04 Hidden behind the Israeli murder of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin and Israeli propaganda about supposed child suicide bombers is the fact that Israel continues its campaign of ethnic cleansing against the Palestinian people, and in fact appears to be accelerating it. The human rights violations are particularly fierce in the Gaza Strip, which makes one wonder about Sharon's stated plans to withdraw the settlers. For anyone who thinks you can make a 'case' for Israel, just read this article counterpunch.org by Jennifer Loewenstein on the Israeli actions against those living in the Gaza Strip (see also wsws.org rabble.ca and, on the starvation plan, nynewsday.com ipc.gov.ps ). Many comparisons are made between the current Israeli government and Nazi Germany. One similarity which strikes me is that in both cases the perpetrators get away with wholesale acts of cruelty because people are not capable of believing that a 'civilized' people could commit such crimes. If you look at what Israel is doing in the Gaza Strip, it is clear that Israel is protected by the fact that the enormity of its crimes makes them unbelievable. The nature of the horrors also makes it easy for those living in the country or its outside apologists to fool themselves into thinking that they are not happening, and that the reporting of them is merely anti-Jewish hatred. The bad-faith apologists for Israel like to claim that it is anti-Semitic to criticize Israel for what it does if there is any act of inhumanity in the world which is worse which does not receive equal criticism. The fact of the matter is that there is nothing being done anywhere in the world today which is more evil than what the Israelis are doing in the Gaza Strip (and let's not forget the West Bank: read the end of this article haaretz.com for some of the antics of those fun-lovin' Israeli settlers). If there was any mainstream honest reporting being done - and Israel's restrictions on press freedom in the Gaza Strip are intended to ensure that no reporting can take place - an international boycott against Israel and its corporate supporters would be inevitable.

To: GUSTAVE JAEGER who wrote (8940)	3/31/2004 7:13:58 AM
From: rrufff	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 20773

Hey Gus - terror is gradually coming closer to you. Wonder what rationale you will come up with next. UK Muslims urged to fight terror LONDON, England (CNN) -- Muslim leaders in Britain are urging their followers to combat terrorism as police continue to question eight men arrested in a major anti-terror sweep. The appeal for vigilance was sent to more than 1,000 mosques on Wednesday, the day after the arrests and seizure of half a ton of explosive material. The eight British nationals -- all Muslims of Pakistani origin, according to media reports -- were held on suspicion of "being concerned in the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism," police said. See entire article at edition.cnn.com