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| quote: | | Rupert, you're taking selective cases of Israelis who think that way and extrapolating that as to what the general population or the government think. I have yet to see any conclusive evidence that the goal of the Israeli government is to massacre Palestinians. |
No, I am not. The end goal of many israelis is to make as much of the occupied territories as possible "arabfrei" before any inevitable "peace settlement" They make no secret of extending the settlements, the settlers are given a free reign to smash up orchards and harrass civilians because they are fully supported by the army who for the most part share their values. And to a certain extent this is working over 100,000 arabs have fled the "occupied territories" since the uprising began. Which is exactly the way it is intended, make life as difficult as possible so they have no choice but to leave.
It isnt the governments intent to deliberately massacre arabs, they dont need to, already a large percentage of arab children suffer from malnutrition. That isnt Arafats fault, the occupied territories are controlled by Israel not the Palestinian authority.
If you read the book by Robert Fisk you will see how the Israelis operate.
My point is most Israelis dont care about arabs. "Doublethink" its okay for us to use bombs and whatnot to kill arabs but its not okay for them to fight back. We are soldiers they are terrorists. Both do exactly the same thing but the brain cant accept they are the same.
Maybe some elements have a element of empathy for the arabs but it is difficult to have empathy for people you are conditioned to regard as untermensch.
I once watched a news broadcast where they did a vox pop of people on the street and they asked them about what they thought of the palestinians and one guy said "they should all be exterminated."
He said it, its not propaganda I am not making it up. He would have done his stint in the army what he have done to some raghead he thought was a terrorist.
I once saw a documentary about a day in the life of Ramallah, and the Israelis had launched another incursion. The most telling part was when school ended and these little girls went out on the road and there was an IDF APC and a soldier and the little girls started crying because they were afraid. And the soldier wasnt even looking at them or harrassing them, the little girls were beneath the guys radar but still they were terrified.
Why? Because they know what the IDF are capable of.
Israelis are very similar in attitude to the afrikaaners of South Africa in the apartheid era.
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