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A Frog's-eye view

 
CRIMINAL OFFENSE, AND DOWN-RIGHT OFFENSIVE

In the weeks following Baruch Goldstein's murderous attack on Muslim worshipers in Hebron, several Israelis were arrested and charged with the criminal offense of "hizdahut im ma`ase plili", identifying with a criminal act. Those found guilty, such as Arye Bar-Yosef, whose appearance on Israeli television blowing a ram's horn and extolling Goldstein's virtues brought him to the public attention, were taken to court and fined. According to this report, their actions were regarded as so serious a crime that even Israeli radio would not repeat what they had said for fear of prosecution.

Today, less than a week after Yasser Arafat's Fatah faction launched a murderous attack against Israeli soldiers, Israeli Knesset members and so-called "left-wing" figureheads went out to Gaza to demonstrate their support for the old terrorist.

I hope that the police and courts will react the same way to this action as they reacted against the supporters of Goldstein. I would go so far as to say that given that Arafat is the commander-in-chief of the Fatah, what happened today was an act of treason and should be dealt with accordingly.


There are no words to describe what I felt at the sight of Avneri embracing Arafat the mass-murderer. Perhaps Gaza is the only place where Avneri can really feel welcomed now. He's certainly unwelcome in most parts of Israel.

posted by Ribbity at 9:50 PM

 
NONSENSE

Now I'm worried. When the best the Israeli government can come up with is a ludicrous statement like "We shall dispose of Arafat some time but don't ask us when" I know that the ra'iis is peeing himself laughing. You either just do it or don't. We don't need public statements; we need concrete (and cement) action.

I hope that the whole Arafat thing was just a diversion to take attention away from the real decisions being taken, but I fear that it wasn't.


posted by Ribbity at 4:17 PM

 
ANNA LINDH, ShR"Y

I could find a no more fitting tribute to slain Swedish foreign minister than this historic report from Islam On Line.


posted by Ribbity at 12:13 PM