Nelson Ascher posts a long J'Accuse-style series of comments, example:
Most Israelis killed in the Intifada were civilians while most Palestinians killed were combatants. Besides, a sizable portion of the Palestinians were killed by other Palestinians. Why does Europe continue to back politically, diplomatically and financially the Palestinians. Arafat was elected in a fake election and his term has been over for many years. Normally one calls such a politician, a dictator. Is that what he is called in Europe? We know that the Arab countries want to destroy Israel. How do we know this? They said it themselves. The abolition of Israel is still in the PA’s charter. Israel has not tried to destroy any Arab country. Objectively, the Jews need a country because a third of them has been murdered by Europeans. Half of Israel’s population came from Arab countries and Iran from where they were ethnically cleansed. Why, then, does Europe consider Israel the aggressor?The Palestinians have been incessantly targeting Israeli civilians. That is a war crime and a war against humanity for whoever believes seriously in international law. Europe could help stop these crimes by withdrawing financial, diplomatic and political support for Palestine. Why doesn’t it do it?
OK: the Palestinians are Arabs and the Arabs have what? Oil? Then, can we say that what the Europeans do is “all for oil”?
I have often wondered why Israel is often accused of aggression against Arab countries when they are in an official state of war with Israel? All Arab countries declared war with Israel in 1948. Except for Egypt, Jordan, and I think Morocco and Qatar, the state of war continues. This is definitely true of Syria and Lebanon, two countries against which Europeans have recently accused Israel of aggression.
Posted by David Boxenhorn at August 3, 2004 05:54 PM