I AM ISRAEL -- Wash. State Univ.

[RebelOne]

I AM ISRAEL
(author unknown)

The Daily - Washington State University, Feb. 25, 2002

I am Israel - I came to a land without a people for a people without a land.
Those people who happened to be here, had no right to be here, and my people
showed them they had to leave or die, razing 480 Palestinian villages to the
ground, erasing their history.

I am Israel - some of my people committed massacres and later became Prime
Ministers to represent me. In 1948, Menachem Begin was in charge of the unit
that slaughtered the inhabitants of Deir Yassin, including 100 men, women,
and children. In 1953, Ariel Sharon led the slaughter of the inhabitants of
Qibya, and in 1982 arranged for our allies to butcher around 2,000 in the
refugee camps of Sabra and Shatilla.

I am Israel - carved in 1948 out of 78% of the land of Palestine,
dispossessing its inhabitants and replacing them with Jews from Europe and
other parts of the world. While the natives whose families lived on this
land for thousands of years are not allowed to return, Jews from all over

the world are welcome to instant citizenship.

I am Israel - in 1967, I swallowed the remaining lands of Palestine - the
West Bank and Gaza - and placed their inhabitants under an oppressive
military rule, controlling and humiliating every aspect of their daily
lives. Eventually, they should get the message that they are not welcome to
stay, and join the millions of Palestinian refugees in the shanty camps of
Lebanon and Jordan.

I am Israel - I have the power to control American policy. My American
Israel Public Affairs Committee can make or break any politician of its
choosing, and as you see, they all compete to please me. All the forces of
the world are powerless against me, including the UN as I have the American
veto to block any condemnation of my war crimes. As Sharon so eloquently
phrased it, "We control America".

I am Israel - I influence American mainstream media too, and you will always
find the news tailored to my favor. I have invested millions of dollars into
PR representation, and CNN, New York Times, and others have been doing an
excellent job of promoting my propaganda. Look at other international news
sources and you will see the difference.

I am Israel - and you Palestinians want to negotiate "peace!?" But you are
not as smart as me; I will negotiate, but will only let you have your
municipalities while I control your borders, your water, your airspace, and
anything else of importance.

While we "negotiate," I will swallow your hilltops and fill them with
settlements, populated by the most extremist of my extremists, armed to the
teeth. These settlements will be connected with roads you cannot use, and
you will be imprisoned in your little Bantustans between them, surrounded by
checkpoints in every direction.

I am Israel - with the fourth strongest army in the world, possessing
nuclear weapons. How dare your children confront my oppression with stones,
don't you know my soldiers won't hesitate to blow their heads off? In 17
months, I have killed 900 of you and injured 17,000, mostly civilians, and
have the mandate to continue since the international community remains
silent. Ignore, as I do, the hundreds of Israeli soldiers who are now
refusing to carry out my control over your lands and people; their voices of
conscience will not protect you.

I am Israel - and you want freedom? I have bullets, tanks, missiles,
Apaches, and F-16's, to obliterate you. I have placed your towns under
siege, confiscated your lands, uprooted your trees, demolished your homes,
and you still demand freedom? Don't you get the message? You will never have
peace or freedom, because

I AM ISRAEL

[jmcgowanjm]

1. on the $ RebelOne & this:a moment before losing control

Israel Bank Governor David Klein :
"Economic and social deterioration cannot take
place calmly for long. There might come a
moment, and nobody knows when, that the
government's very ability to rule will be in
question. The government, therefore, must take
immediate, firm steps to move away from this
danger. Any government that allows the economy
to continue sinking is risking loss of control over
the large systems."

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, who heard this
in the Prime Minister's Office with the finance
minister and senior PMO officials, responded
with dismissive contempt.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=263232&contrassID=2&subContrassID=3&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y&itemNo=263232

[foo_bar]

2. I shouldn't take the bait but

carved in 1948 out of 78% of the land of Palestine

Actually (trans-)Jordan was the recipient of 78% of former Palestine.
See: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&safe=off&q=palestine+transjordan+78%25

In any event, don't "Elders of Zion" posts belong in the I/P forum?

[Julien Sorel]

4. Actually, 'Palestine' was an ill-defined area that

took some of what had been 'Arabia,' and some of what had belonged to different provinces of the Ottoman Empire, lumped it all together, and called it 'Palestine' for administrative purposes. In the sense that you are trying to convey, 'Palestine' never existed; it was a name stuck to some maps for a couple of years.

[Jonte_1979]

3. This is not the right forum for this

Try the Israel/Palestine forum.

I'm locking this.