[PW] Re: ? Israeli soldiers

[Chana Lajcher - for Stumpers]

I just returned from a trip to find hundreds of Stumpers emails including
this one.


I was about to search and send you sources to refute many of the base
accusations you list here in your letter.  From 6000 miles away you know
everything, don't you.

But what is the point?

There is no point in having a discussion with someone who can accuse some
of my dead friends of murder.  And who obviously has no feelings for the
Israeli civilians who spent the summer in bomb shelters being attacked by
the Hezbollah.  It is just so fashionable these days to accuse Israelis of
just about everything.  They used to call that anti-Semitism but I guess now
fashion dictates that you call it something else.

Please remove my name from the Stumpers list.

I do not wish to associate myself with the group as long as you are
moderator.

Chana Lajcher - Library Director
Jerusalem College of Technology
Jerusalem, israel
chana at jct.ac.il



On Tue, 31 Oct 2006, John Franklin wrote:

> Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 13:38:46 -0600
> From: John Franklin <jfranklin at project-wombat.org>
> Reply-To: list at project-wombat.org
> To: list at project-wombat.org
> Subject: [PW] Re: ? Israeli soldiers
>
> Nope, never seen that version. The only conflicting versions I've
> seen have to do with which side of the border they were taken from.
> The only geographical reference I've seen is for "the area of Aitaa
> al-Chaab", which is, of course, on the Lebanese side of the border.
> I've seen English, French, and Indian reports which name the town.
>
> The official Israeli version, of course, denies this, and the U.S.
> press mirrors this -- they say the solders were inside moving
> vehicles (not barracksas you say) -- but, well...
>
> I hate to put it this way, but: most people consider lying to be a
> relatively minor ethical shortcoming compared with, say, killing
> civilians. The Israeli government knowingly bombed a manned UN
> observation outpostand a bunch of ambulances while in Lebanon, and
> then dumped cluster bombs all over an urban area they were about to
> vacate. If they're willing to do those things -- to say nothing of
> the things which they deny doing, like firing on that German ship the
> other week -- then one has to at least consider the possibility that
> they may tell some lies. When you toss in the reports that a campaign
> against Hezbollah was planned in advance, it seems even more likely.
>
> -John Franklin
>
> On Oct 31, 2006, at 1:02 PM, Mary Barna wrote:
>
> > John, one was taken from his barracks before the war started,
> > wasn't he?
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