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- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 11:23:37 PST
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- From: Jonathan Fisher <jfisher@NETXWEST.COM>
- Subject: Re: Reflections on the Isareli situation ...
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- > Dear All,
- >
- > This is my first posting to the list, and I have a nice flame proof
- > suit on. I wanted to comment on Johnathon's words about Israel in the
- > Palestinians. Yet again we are playing straight into the hands of those who
- > want to ruin the peace process. I wonder why the Israelis who are very keen to
- > be seen as the only legitimate state in the area in terms of democracy and
- > human rights [and they are arguably the closest to achieving this] would act
- in
- > such a ridiculous manner. To expel this lot without due processas stateless
- > persons into their own proxy state in Lebanon, is completely against the
- > fundamental precepts of International law [not to say that it is not used
- > elsewhere] and is a god-send to Hamas in their own fight for legitmacy in the
- > face of a virtual PLO hegemony. To keep these people out without due process
- is
- > a continuing embarassment to the Israelis and the policy of explusion.
- >
- > -- Toby
- Toby,
- I agree with you. I think that the timing was bad. The idea is bad.
- But I don't live in Israel. I don't live in a country which is extremely
- small. A country whose existence has been threatened since day one.
- A country that even to this day has multiple terrorist organizations
- living on it's soil vowing only to destroy the country and replace it with a
- 'palestinian' country. I agree that Israel is playing right into the
- hands of the Hamas. But with multiple killings, a virtual rein of terror,
- and a vowing of the continuing of the process, I'm not sure what I would
- have done had I been the head of the government.
- My point was not that the expelling wasn't a good idea (it wasn't). It was
- that Israel is on the receiving end of a lot of unfair critism.
-
- Jonathan
-