Bill Bartlett Bracknell Tas
At 9:05 AM -0500 23/1/03, Dennis Perrin wrote:
> > Of course its genocide. get real.
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>> Bill Bartlett
>> Bracknell Tas
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>Well, defenders of Greater Israel would disagree (esp those who wouldn't
>mind a form of genocide or ethnic cleansing) as they point to the growing
>birthrates among Palestinians. Here's an alarm from Yale Prof Paul Kennedy
>in the Chi Trib:
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>http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/showcase/chi-020407maelstrom3.story
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>And a related piece from a Middle East writer for Salon:
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>http://www.dutch.org/weblog/the_ticking_palestinian_bomb_that_israel_cant_de
>fuse.txt
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>And the thought of being outnumbered has pushed some former Israeli officers
>to advocate massive ethnic cleansing:
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>http://www.pna.gov.ps/New/cleansing.html
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>So not only are Palestinians growing in number, they are pursuing higher
>education:
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>http://www.palestine-net.com/education/
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>And there is debate and concern about academic freedom in Palestinian
>schools:
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>http://www.phrmg.org/monitor2000/mar2000-academic.htm
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>Plus, the voting bloc of Israeli Arabs, including Arab candidates for the
>Knesset, should be considered:
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>http://www.peacenow.org/nia/briefs/QA011303.html
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>So, while the occupation is indeed brutal and criminal (and we can go into
>any aspect of that, from the apartheid-like laws in the territories to the
>use of water as a weapon), I don't think, after reading the above, that
>"genocide" is the right word to describe what's going on. But you are free
>to call it anything you like.
>
>DP