[lbo-talk] Henwood spread Sharon hoax (was Sharon, man of peace)

[Michael Hirsch]

"Force, might, beatings" was attributed to Yitzhak Rabin, not Sharon. When
Rabin moved away from that stance, he was murdered by the Israeli right. Was
Sharon moving away from it, too? That's the only thing worth arguing over,
Doug, not (or not mainly) the perfidious things partisans say in the middle
of a war.

Mike Hirsch

On 3/13/06, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
>
> Stuart Elliott wrote:
>
> >This quote which is attributed to Sharon has long been known to be a
> >hoax. Including on LBO.
> >
> >http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/2002/2002-May/013151.html
> >
> >The dissemination of face quotes, often echoing classic anti-Semitic
> >them, is quite common on Arab and pseudo-leftist websites.
>
> Sorry, I can't remember everything, even if 4 years wasn't that long
> ago. I got it from a source I thought was reliable.
>
> I should have stuck with "force, might, beatings," and "like drugged
> roaches in a bottle," which are all too authentic.
>
> Doug
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