Comparing quotes
[By allowing constant rocket barrages from Gaza on nearby Israeli cities, the Palestinians] are “bringing upon themselves a greater holocaust because we will use all our strength in every way we deem appropriate, whether in air strikes or on the ground.” Israeli Deputy Defense minister, Matan Vilnai.
“The significance of the disengagement plan is the freezing of the peace process. Effectively, the whole package called the Palestinian state with all that entails has been removed indefinitely from our agenda. And all this with authority and permission – all this with a presidential blessing and the ratification of both houses of Congress. What I effectively agreed to with the Americans was that part of the settlements would not be dealt with at all, and the rest will not be dealt with until the Palestinians turn into Finns.” –Dov Weisglass
Of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, already growing last winter, Israeli adviser to the prime minister’s office Dov Weisglass joked in 2006, “It’s like an appointment with a dietician. The Palestinians will get a lot thinner, but won’t die.” [Professor Juan Cole commented: Of course they will. Anything that makes the healthy thinner has the potential of killing the sick and the very young. And what kind of fascist “social-engineering” joke was that? Why hasn’t this man been fired? Do US officials meet with him? Why?]
Let’s compare this with Ahmadinejad’s famous headline-grabbing statement:
“This occupation regime over Jerusalem must vanish from the page of time.”
Gee, it looks like we should sanction another country if we’re going to be consistent.
March 9th, 2008 at 3:44 am
Just to clarify the Hebrew word for “holocaust” is the same as “destruction” amongst other words. I think the news stations translated it for a bigger story.