More (Israeli) Comments (about Belgium)

Arutz 7 ^ | 13 February 2003

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Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau decried Belgium's hypocrisy: "The thought that a nation that stood by and watched when Jewish blood was spilt like water and ignored victims' cries, is now elevating itself to the position of world policeman - is outrageous in the extreme." He condemned the fact that Belgium, "which remained quiet when it should have been screaming out in the name of humanity," is now speaking out "so pretentiously and hypocritically to cast fault on IDF soldiers and its commanders, who have endangered their own lives many times in order to refrain from injuring innocent civilians, and to denigrate the behavior of a democratic, sovereign state."

President Moshe Katzav sent a strong letter to the King of Belgium today, totally rejecting Belgium’s moral right to bring Israeli leaders and IDF officers to trial "Israeli leaders and IDF officers operate according to international norms, the Israeli law, their conscience and basic human morality," the President wrote, "and no one has the right to doubt the ethical standards Israel holds itself to. Those who accuse us would do well to reflect on their past actions."

Ariel Sharon himself, exactly 20 years ago, after he was fired as Israel's Defense Minister in the aftermath of Sabra and Shatila, predicted today's events: "I say again: Israel in general - I'm referring to the state, the nation, the people, and not only the government and the army - the whole nation is being portrayed as responsible [for what happened] - indirectly. I evaluate that we will not be freed of this accusation - as a people, as a nation, as Jews - for generations, and it will be marked as a sign of Cain on our foreheads."

Sharon was referring to the left-wing's campaign against him and then-Prime Minister Menacham Begin for the Peace in Galilee War in general and what happened at Sabra and Shatila in particular. Crowds called Begin and Sharon "murderers." Sharon protested at the time: "Not one soldier or officer took place in this terrible act. Our hands are clean, and our purity of arms was maintained throughout the entire war. [Speaking to the left-wing:] This entire attempt to attribute it to us - you did this on every stage, in front of the whole world!"

[Numbers Guy]

"The thought that a nation that stood by and watched when Jewish blood was spilt like water and ignored victims' cries, is now elevating itself to the position of world policeman - is outrageous in the extreme." He condemned the fact that Belgium, "which remained quiet when it should have been screaming out in the name of humanity," is now speaking out "so pretentiously and hypocritically to cast fault on IDF soldiers and its commanders, who have endangered their own lives many times in order to refrain from injuring innocent civilians, and to denigrate the behavior of a democratic, sovereign state."

Ouch. That's gotta leave a mark on the smallest member of the Axis of Weasels.

BTW, when are they going to go after Castro? Or Kim Jong Il? There are lots of ex-Stasi torturers still alive in Germany, how about Belgian courts going after them? Or are Communist human rights violators to be treated differently?

[George W. Bush]

More anti-Semitism from the globalists in Belgium.

And with the usual quiet support of France and Germany, all anti-Semitic countries. This is still an issue that won't go away. Europe still hates the Jews and works to destroy them.

[UCFRoadWarrior]

Yes.....it is more anti-Semitism from Europe.

Belguim is nothing more than the Doormat of Europe...where nations wipe their feet before they conquer France.

Amazing that Arafat is never taken to task for his terrorism...only when Israel defends itself.....this is stuff is sick.

[axxmann]

BTW, when are they going to go after Castro? Or Kim Jong Il?

Or the Belgians responsible for atrocities in the Belgian Congo?

[anotherview]

Ouch. That's gotta leave a mark on the smallest member of the Axis of Weasels.

I wish people would stop referring to France, Germany, and Belgium as the "Axis of Weasels". It's slanderous, derogatory, and totally unfair... to weasels. I have pet ferrets, which are domesticated weasels. They are loyal, well trained, affectionate, and housebroken. They would never bit e the hand that feeds them. Can you say any of that about Belgium or France or Germany?

[archy]

Ouch. That's gotta leave a mark on the smallest member of the Axis of Weasels.

Even better when you consider that it was Belgium's Fabrique National company that provided the FN-FAL selective fire automatic rifles to Israel's new army in the late 1940s and early '50's, at a time when most forces in the region were equipped with leftover bolt-action Mausers and Enfields. Had Israel not acquired these *weapons of mass destruction* [now so defined in some US jurisdictions] they might well not have been victorious in their 1956, 1967 and 1973 wars, and might well not now exist.

Accordingly, the ongoing problems in the Middle East can accurately be said to be the fault of the Belgian arms trafficking. Somebody get a rope, or better yet, let's bomb and occupy them.

Pour les Belges, je ne plus, pour le Belges, je ne plus- c'est sont des tireurs a cul!

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