American Politics, Terrorism and Islam
"Unfathomed hatred and jealousy can also lead to terrorizing the 'other' people. In this regard, the statement of Rabbi David Batzri, head of the Magen David Yeshiva in Jerusalem, is quite revealing. He said, "The nation of Israel is pure and the Arabs are a nation of donkeys. They are an evil disaster, an evil devil, and a nasty affliction. The Arabs are donkeys and beasts. They want to take our girls. They are endowed with true filthiness. There is pure and there is impure and they are impure." [Haaretz, March 21, 2006] With such a hateful mindset it becomes so kosher to practice the worst form of terrorism against the foe, something that we have also witnessed before in Hitler's Germany. Not surprisingly, a case by case analysis would show that terrorism of Hamas and Hizballah pales in comparison to those practiced by the Jewish state."
Sun, 2008-06-22 00:40
By Habib Siddiqui
Part 7: Dynamics of Terrorism
With all the specter of violence around us, the foremost question of our time seems to be: how can terrorism be defeated? This billion dollar question however cannot be answered without understanding the rather complex dynamics of terrorism, its meaning to various groups, peoples and state authorities, its modi operandi, means or tools and its contributing factors.
In our earlier discussion, we have established that, as a technique of warfare, terrorism is used by specific people, group or state generally for understandable political purposes. Thus behind almost every terrorist act lurks a political problem. Terrorism purposely relies on brutal strikes against its enemies - objects of hatred, which may include civilians, government officials, symbolic persons or physical objects - to achieve a political effect. Sometimes their ruthless activity starts the vicious cycle of violence and more violence (attacks and counter-attacks) that help them to gain increasing support and even legitimacy of their act.
Also Read :
1. American Politics, Terrorism and Islam Part 1: What's wrong with jaw-jaw?
3. Part 3: Allegations of State Terrorism against America
4. Part 4: Allegations of Russian State Terrorism
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About Deheisha
The IOF assaulted Deheisha in 2002 in their general military assault on the Palestinians in that year. They killed 30 residents of the camp and then shut it down in a six month curfew.
Not that that this would have made much difference to the incomes of the people there as unemployment was about 80%.
Nutritionally it was not likely to be helpful to people whose food intake had already fallen by a third since 2000.
The 11,000 residents of Deheisha are the descendants of the refugees from the 400 Palestinian towns and villages destroyed or occupied by Zionist terror gangs in 1948.