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Date: Sat, 26-Apr-86 11:59:00 EDT
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In article <901@harvard.UUCP>, greg@harvard.UUCP (Greg) writes:
> As for the statement "one cannot cure international terrorism with this
> policy of bombing foreign cities", there was a persuasive article in Time
> a few weeks ago by the Israeli ambassador to the UN explaining why and how
> we should retaliate against international terrorism.
> -- 
> gregregreg

It would be amusing, if it were not so tragic, that the state that
inflicted more terror than any in the Middle East - namely Israel -
should now educate us in the art of suppressing terrorism. The state
that has killed 20,000 in its 1982 invasion of Lebanon, killed at
least as many in air attacks on South Lebanon in the preceding decade
-displacing nearly half a million South Lebanese from their homes
and continues to inflict misery with its regular forays into South
Lebanon and inhumane treatment of Palestinians under occupation, has
no right to preach to the world.

Of course what we are facing here is a classic case of European/Western
racism. The lives of Palestinian, Lebanese and other "non-civilized"
groups do not merit the same concern as the lives of Americans, English,
etc. Israel's cleverly constructed message tells the West, "We are a
civilized people, like you. You've got to side with us against those
savages."

I have referred before to the fact that Israel has a long history of
terrorism. An example of such terrorism is referred to in Noam Chomsky's
book, "The Fateful Triangle," (South End Press, Boston, 1983),

	In the light of American beliefs about the history of
	terrorism, it should perhaps be observed that along
	with acts of piracy such as these, Israel has also
	resorted to hijacking of airplanes, and may indeed have
	initiated this practice. In December 1954, a Syrian 
	civillian airliner was captured by Israeli military 
	aircraft to obtain hostages for exchange with Israeli
	soldiers who had been captured by Syria.