On Fri, 31 Aug 2001, Macdonald Stainsby wrote:
> > And I noticed the national media now uses the
> > word assassination with respect to killing Palestinian Authority
> > figures.
> >
> > I know, gee big deal. How about calling them war crimes?
> >
> I'm sure people know the official Israeli name? "The Early Retirement
> Program". If you didn't hear this before- no, I'm not making this up.
No, that's not the official name, that's a macabre right wing "joke." The term the Israeli government uses in its official announcements is less jokey and more Orwellian: "active defense."
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