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ConfusionFriday 12 Apr 2002
author: Ronnel
I cannot begin to comprehend the brilliance of the Pro-Palestinian demonstrators. Using the Jewish stars of the Holocaust as a comparison to the current situation can only make one think, what are these people thinking? I consider myself to be a humane individual and I know that what is happening in Jenin is not pretty. But, I have spoken with friends in Israel who tell me that 90 percent of the people being killed in these camps are connected with terrorism. Yes, they may be considered to be "civilians" but that would be using the term very loosely. These IDF soldiers fighting for Israel's safety are 18, 19, 20, and 21 year olds who would much rather be at home enjoying the company of there friends and family then going into Palestinian territory's. A friend of mine who knows an IDF soldier who is in Ramallah right now, told me that his friend (who served in the Gollan Heights fighting Hezbollah Guerrillas) hates himself for going into Palestinian homes and rummaging through them. Israel, I think has the most moralistic army, and does not "massacre" innocent people. The IDF are forced into a situation where the people they are fighting against like to use civilians, churches, priests as shields. I also believe that the Palestinian people need to look themselves in the mirror and ask themselves who is the cause of there oppression, the Palestinian government which walked away from a chance of an independent state or an Israeli government that takes responsibility for there people's safety. You be the judge