QUOTE OF THE DAY
"The difference between revolutionary violence and establishment violence is
the same as the difference between dog shit and cat shit."
- - Stephen Gaskin...is who I first heard it from.
Someone else smart originated it. Sorry I can't remember who.
RHINO HERE:
From what I can gather, Hamas leader Sheikh Ahamad Yassin, the man at the
helm of many of the suicide/homicide bombings in Israel, recently had
negotiations with representatives of both the Palestinian Authority and the
Israeli Government, in which he made a "declaration about the intention of
Hamas to stop its military attacks in Israel if Israel withdraws from the
Palestinian areas." As the story seems to go, Sharon's response was to send
a U.S. built & bought F-16 to bomb the Sheikh's house resulting in the death
of the Sheikh, his wife & 2 daughters and a dozen other men, women and
children. You can go to the Israeli Government Web Site:
http://www.israel.org
and read in detail not only Sharons statement on the event,
http://www.israel.org/mfa/go.asp?MFAH0m4j0
but all the outcry from around the world.
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=189583
Basically the IDF (Israeli Defense Force) position is that the guy was on
the top of their murderers wanted list for 2 years and that, to quote
Sharon, "Israel has no interest in harming civilians and it is always
regrettable if civilians are hit but...that it will not be possible to reach
any compromise with terror; terror must be fought."
So if I get it right he's saying if there's a chance the enemy's leaders
will move toward the bargaining table, that he thinks it's better to kill
them first for what they've done and might do, in spite of the predictable
response of more killing. This decision making for a country largely
dependent on tourism for its revenues. Know anyone planning a vacation to
the Holy Land this summer? Not.
Below is today's press release from the Israeli peace group Gush Shalom.
http://www.gush-shalom.org/
If you'd like balance, you can get plenty including answers to FAQ's at:
http://www.israel.org
This is a lose lose situation for everyone.
GUSH SHALOM - pob 3322, Tel-Aviv 61033 - http://www.gush-shalom.org/
Press release, Tuesday July 23
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Sharon answers cease-fire offer with carnage
Rabin-Pelosof resigns from the government
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Less than twenty-four hours ago, the Hamas leader Sheikh Ahamad Yassin made
an unprecedented public call for a cease-fire with Israel. That call was the
culmination of long, patient negotiations between the Palestinian Authority
and the Hamas leadership, aimed at achieving a ceasefire between the
Palestinians and Israel, putting an end to suicide bombings and paving the
way to a resumption of some kind of political process Saudi Arabia, too, is
known to have made direct approaches to the Hamas leaders in order to
achieve the same result.
A government of Israel caring even a little bit for the well-being of its
own citizens would have welcomed the opening. Not so the Sharon Government,
whose response was to send an F-16 fighter plane on a bombing spree in Gaza.
The effect of attempting to assassinate a senior Hamas leader was a carnage
whose victims included many women and children.
Now, instead of offers of ceasefire the Hamas leadership is coming out with
calls for revenge, which seems to suit Sharon much better. It is the PM,
with his endless string of provocations, who bears the responsibility for
this missed opportunity of ending the cycle of bloodshed.
Deputy Defence Minister Dalia Rabin-Pelosof resigned this evening, charging
the Sharon government with destroying the life work of the late Yitzchak
Rabin, her father.
For more information:
Adam Keller, Gush Shalom spokesperson
+972-3-5565804 / +972-56-709603 / +972-56-709604
[We just received the following from George Rishmawi who lives under curfew
in Beit Sahour]
[Gaza, on Tuesday July 23, 2002]
Israeli F-16 fighters attacked a residential area to the east of the
Al Yarmouk area in Gaza a couple of hours ago killing 12 Palestinian
civilians and injuring more than 130, children, women, and old
people among them. Israeli newspaper Haaretz says that Sheikh Salah
Shehadeh (one of Hamas leaders) has been killed in the attack. Al
Jazeera TV said that Shehadeh's wife and three of his children have
also been killed in the same attack among the 12 dead.
This terrorist attack comes hours after Hamas's leader Sheikh Ahmad
Yassin's declaration about the intention of Hamas to stop its
military attacks in Israel if Israel withdraws from the Palestinian
areas.
Israeli and Palestinian officials met and there was a talk about
withdrawing from two re-occupied cities if things will be quiet in
the coming 24 hours or so. Now Israel assasinates a Hamas leader
and Hamas is threatening to revenge. Thus, there will be no 24
hours of no attacks. This means that there will be no withdrawal
from the cities.
I think the message is clear by now. Israel wants to keep provoking
the Palestinians so they keep their occupation alive in the midst of
an American blessing for every Israeli crime against the Palestinians
under the excuse of fighting terrorism.
If what Palestinians are doing is terrorism, then Israel has to be
blamed for creating it. The occupation is the maker of its
and our suffering, therefore Occupation has to stop so that both
peoples can live in peace.
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