Israel's Tourism Minister: If they lose war, Arabs will be expelled by Ha'aretz Service 3:12pm Tue Dec 18 '01 Tourism Minister Binyamin Elon of the far-right National Union said Tuesday that if the Palestinians continue their violence against Israel and are defeated, they will ultimately be expelled from their homes, adding that he personally was aiding "Judaization" in aiding Arabs in East Jerusalem and elsewhere to emigrate to the United States. print article 13:03 18/12/2001 Last update - 15:03 18/12/2001 Tourism Minister: If they lose war, Arabs will be expelled By Ha'aretz Service Tourism Minister Binyamin Elon. Tourism Minister Binyamin Elon of the far-right National Union said Tuesday that if the Palestinians continue their violence against Israel and are defeated, they will ultimately be expelled from their homes, adding that he personally was aiding "Judaization" in aiding Arabs in East Jerusalem and elsewhere to emigrate to the United States. Elon, the chairman of the National Union's Moledet wing, became tourism minister after the October assassination of Moledet founder Rehavam Ze'evi. A rabbi, he first rose to prominence as the head of an East Jerusalem yeshiva built on land captured from Jordan in the 1967 Six Day War. Although Ze'evi openly advocated "transfer" of Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza Strip, he generally spoke of "voluntary transfer" or "transfer by choice" rather than expulsion. "If they do not stop the war that they initiated, they must understand that there is no such thing as a luxury war (a war without suffering or consequences), and that when they lose the war, they will be expelled from here, in the course of the war, all of them, plain and simple," Elon told Army Radio, adding that: "A people which opens a war against us must understand that if it loses the war, it will cost them, and the price will be expulsion. Just as their leaders led them into Naqba (Arabic for the Catastrophe of the Israeli victory) in '48, Arafat, the irrelevant, the wicked, this murderer, is leading into a disaster, and they must understand this. They must throw him the heck out." A total of 1,000 Israelis have been killed or wounded since the Palestinian uprising began in late 2000, Elon said. "There's a limit. They (the Palestinians) have to decide whether they want to live peaceably with us, or to expel us from our land. It is they who will be expelled, not us." He said many Palestinians had already left East Jerusalem and the territories, some with the active aid of rightist Jews. "I personally take part in this. There are people for whom I make sure they receive compensation. They leave their houses in Jerusalem and in other places, and move to America or other places. This is a positive thing and it should be encouraged." "This happens all the time," Elon continued. "There are houses in Jerusalem in which I, thank the Lord, am an active partner in their Judaization." Asked when was the last time an East Jerusalem family recently pulled up stakes and moved to America, Elon replied: "There are several. Here in the Shimon Hatzadik neighborhood there are a few, and in other neighborhoods. I don't want to list all the names, because they sometimes have their own personal distress, but they are no longer here, and today Jews live in the houses." Elon said a quiet majority of Israelis supported transfer and believed that it would be the ultimately result of continued fighting. "It's true that the government has not yet decided on transfer, but the majority of the people understands that this is the solution that will be, and that this will be the result caused by the war, and the one who has caused this to happen to them (the Palestinians) will be Arafat himself." "If they make war on us and do not willing to stop and we call on them again and again to make peace, and they are unwilling to stop, then just as the War of Liberation ended with a demographic and geographic change, so too will this war." Elon, the chairman of the National Union's Moledet wing, became tourism minister after the October assassination of Moledet founder Rehavam Ze'evi. A rabbi, he first rose to prominence as the head of an East Jerusalem yeshiva built on land captured from Jordan in the 1967 Six Day War. Although Ze'evi openly advocated "transfer" of Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza Strip, he generally spoke of "voluntary transfer" or "transfer by choice" rather than expulsion. On Sunday, National Union leaders held a meeting to decided whether to remain in the government. Elon was among the party figures arguing strongly for staying a part of the government, arguing that large-scale IDF ground and air operations against Arafat's Authority and suspected terrorist targets were proof that the government was finally coming around to the hard line espoused by the National Union. "Today my sense is that Foreign Minister Peres and his (Labor party) comrades are mulling whether to leave the government. And they should be the ones to leave the government, if someone needs to go, and disturb the unity (government) and not me, because my feeling today is that I have influence in this government." www.haaretzdaily.com/ add your comments Source file

Praise the L rd by jerusalem 6:33pm Tue Dec 18 '01 print comment Praise the L rd. Hallelujah, they must go. add your comments

Praises by basem 8:48pm Tue Dec 18 '01 print comment your lord must be an evil one indeed. you can praise the lord by enforcing justice instead of greed. let's not forget why your peoples wandered the earth for so long. add your comments

Take Its Course by Gentile 12:39am Wed Dec 19 '01 print comment Yes, yes. Show those true colors... a state based on religion is no different than a state based on race. Go ahead, hasten that inevitable outcome. South Africa on my mind. I apologize to Mr. Jerusalem if my humble comment falls outside his narrow circle of "promised land" and "chosen people"... the Jewish equivalent of Jihad. The world ain't buying your crap anymore. add your comments

this is incredible! by franklin w denmark 2:24pm Wed Dec 19 '01 print comment no, seriously as in not-credible. What the fuck? This is dis-information is only the sort of thing that a populace desperate for self-justification would swallow. This ultra-reactionary tone insisting Irael and the zionazis are merely defending themselves by continually encroaching on Palestinian land and bullying the people with state of the art war technology. Are you delusional? They have rocks and some old guns! Get off their fucking land! Then this alleged hatred and desire to bring israel to it's knees will end. It's not even classifiable as such! The reference to Arab Palestinians starting a war in '48 is skewered as well. Israel was created as a Jewish homeland by the allied powers after WWII in response to the holocaust! And the jewish portion of the country was given 55% of the land. That was not enough, so expansion has been taking place. Now the Palestinian community is lobbying for a return to pre-1967 borders, a move that would give Israel 78% of the land area! This is still not good enough! The Jews were freed from slavery in Egypt way back in the day and then went on to play an ENORMOUS role in the the exploitation of African slaves. Then, the HOLOcaust, they were freed, and now are wildly oppressing the Arab Palestinians! Where is the justice? It can be argued that the jewish population looks more european than middle-eastern, and that the Palestinian population looks more middle eastern than european, so it's like the Nazis killing the jews all over again. Stop Zionazism! Any critisism of Israeli policy or actions, no matter how gentle or warrented is met with strong rebukes and accusations of anti-semetism. The poor little Jewish underdogs. Palestinians are semetic peoples as well, so therefore it is Israel that should be charged with Anti-Semetism. Jewish people should never forget the story of David and Goliath, only now the roles have changed. Israel is the big, bad Goliath and David is played by the oppressed Palestinian people. Take a step back and get6 a grip. Peace. Positive energy in all directions. add your comments

Words, and only words by jerusalem 6:40pm Wed Dec 19 '01 print comment Praise the L rd because He is the L rd, and you are not. The evil god is your god and the so called god of islam. Get the hell out while you have a chance. add your comments

open your senses by franklin w 8:23am Thu Dec 20 '01 print comment Seriously, don't you realized that it's the same God? He has different names and differents stories in different lands. This is a logically sound theory. God has no pride or envy or jealousy to deal with, so do you really think he gets upset about this trivia. There is a huge danger of getting caught up in the letter of the religion and losing sight of the the spirit of it. The miracles that make life happen. Negative energy and war are not was to please God. He did not create anyone to cause misery of other enteties, including people. Stop thinking of yourself as a martyr. You and all active Zionists are oppessors. it is truly ironic that a people who have intimately known both slavery and genocide, upon obtaining their freedom, turn into oppressors themselves. The slave has become a master and has someone now to kick around. God sees everything you do. add your comments

Basem "keep the moral ground" by nomi 10:50pm Fri Dec 21 '01 browar@hotmail.com print comment If you understand human nature it is more than clear why those who were oppressed now oppresss others. It has become part of our "collective unconscious." and without proper healing child... abusers beget child abusers... in a never ending cycle of violence(emotional and/or physical). Basem do not stoop to the level of your oppressors. Do as Edward Said suggests..."keep the moral ground." Anger and hate will not win this war. add your comments