Posted on 09/08/2001 10:53:58 AM PDT by jasowas
Edited on 09/03/2002 4:49:18 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
BEIT JALA, West Bank - First, Majida Shehadeh heard the rumble. But it wasn't until the overpowering smell of gasoline wafted into her parents' home one day last month that the Palestinian mother of two knew that Israeli tanks were near.
She had moved her family and relatives into what she thought was a haven - a century-old stone house far from where shooting in Beit Jala usually occurred. But Israeli soldiers apparently liked the home's breathtaking view of the terraced hillside village below, a perfect spot to look down on Palestinian gunmen trying to hide on narrow, winding streets.
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"They cleaned everything," she said.
Yeah, real madmen, cleaned everything, picked up after themselves, real crazies, eh? Don't play the propaganda game; the Israelis are well aware of the desire on the part of the worldwide media to post anything derrogatory to the IDF. I know many Israelis and I know them to be very conscious of world opinion ... but the nation of Israel has now a right to exist. They are surrounded by hundreds of millions of people who want their extermination, or at least the leaders of those people call for that, both secular and religious leaders. Do the avergae Palestinians living alongside the Israelis want genocide? Not likely, but the fatah definitely does and doesn't care that common Palestinian folk are sacrificed in fatah's 'greater good'. I don't trust anyone who claims they will bless you by sacrificing you or your children to die in their 'holy' cause.
As for backing these soldiers, I'm just wondering when the eviction notice will be served on Afarat. 64 zones sectored off; he moves wrong one time too many and his whereabouts are know; he's a casuality of war along with his 35,000 terrorists.
I have found that in everyone of these anti-Israeli stories you can find the words/phrase that proves its level of BS. We should start a FreeRepublic Bulls**t Component Index (FBCI). Rate them from 1-10.
Here Israel is being blamed for not "evacuating" some Arab people. Just imagine if a bus came and these people were told they were going to be "evacuated". Where to? Yasser's basement? A Tel Aviv hotel?
Entire forests would have had to be chopped down to publish the world's anti-Israel resolutions if such an "evacuation" had taken place.
On the FBCI this story gets a 6 (only because there are those that are much worse)
The Israelis supposedly used them a human shields in a gun fight, but none were shot or injured.
Something is wrong here.
One day Mmber: How right you are. Personally, next time a Cole or American embassy is bombed, you won't find me crying foul
Not just a stupid ass, but a TRAITOR to the USA!
So, are you saying, that bombing civilian women and children in a pizza parlor, is OK?
Oh, the horror of it all! They actually knocked on the door? Oh my!!
She said they swept in, forced seven adults and six children into a small room,
Probably without a single air freshener or deoderant stick amongst them. I cannot imagine how they must have suffered from being forced to smell each other.
But seriously, how does one accomplish usage of a so-called hostage as a palie shield by putting them in a room? This sounds more like the Israeli army was trying to keep them safe.
and then began firing out of windows of adjoining rooms, putting her and her family in the direct line of return fire from Palestinians.
He who lives in a combat zone sometimes gets to play.
No doubt there will be further details of atrocities come out over time - perhaps the Israelis used the telephone and made lots of long distance calls, raided the refrigerator, and left dirty dishes in the sink.
And now I shall remove my tongue from my cheek....
Not a chance because the article said:
"They cleaned everything," she said.
Hah! In what mythical Arab county do the people enjoy liberty? What kind of liberty does the PA grant it's own? And when you slander the soldiers of the American Revolution by comparing them to Arab terrorists, how can anyone take you seriously? Or did I miss the part in my history books where George Washington sent American kids to London to blow themselves up in English pubs?
"...Probably without a single air freshener or deoderant stick amongst them. I cannot imagine how they must have suffered from being forced to smell each other.
Very witty and keen observation. Although somewhat racist.
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