[PW] Re: ? Israeli soldiers

[Franco, Adrienne]

I am thankful that there were many posts which challenged the
inflammatory one which Chana refers to.  I have noticed in other areas
as well people injecting their own politics into postings rather than
just providing information in response to a question posting.  I am
sorry to lose Chana to the list.  Her point is well taken -- it is all
too easy to pass judgment from 6,000 miles away.  Let's please stick to
helping each other with our information needs and reference questions
and save the politics for other lists designed for that purpose.

Adrienne Franco / Iona College Libraries

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[mailto:project-wombat-bounces at lists.project-wombat.org] On Behalf Of
Chana Lajcher - for Stumpers
Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2006 5:21 AM
To: list at project-wombat.org
Cc: lajcher at jct.ac.il
Subject: [PW] Re: ? Israeli soldiers

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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