The ultimate goal of Sharon in everything he does is still the same: the total end of the peace process, the expulsion of the Palestinians from their remaining areas, and the establishment of an ever-growing Greater Israel. His immediate tactics are aimed not only at Arafat but are intended to result in the complete destruction of the Palestinian Authority and its leadership and their ability to address themselves to the world community.
The story of what the Palestinians have undergone over the last 50 years since the establishment of Israel has never been fully told in the West. It is very difficult for the average American to ever hear, see, or read the truth. We all too often hear the US media talking as if this conflict, in which some Palestinians in a desperate rage attack the oppressive Israelis, is similar to the crimes of Hitler against the Jewish people.
The story of what the Palestinians have undergone over the last 50 years since the establishment of Israel has never been fully told in the West. It is very difficult for the average American to ever hear, see, or read the truth. We all too often hear the US media talking as if this conflict, in which some Palestinians in a desperate rage attack the oppressive Israelis, is similar to the crimes of Hitler against the Jewish people.
Thus, the American people still judge the Middle East in terms of Jews and Hitler. Arafat is Hitler, and Jews are the Israelis. Yet they are not the same thing. Until we get over this trauma of what took place long ago in Europe, there can be no rational approach to peace in the Middle East.
It was terrible that six million Jews were killed, but what does that have to do with what is taking place now in another part of the world? The strategy of the Zionists and the government of Israel is to keep making this parallel. And to set in the minds of the people who want to speak out, that if you do anything against Israel, you are doing something for Hitler.
It was terrible that six million Jews were killed, but what does that have to do with what is taking place now in another part of the world? The strategy of the Zionists and the government of Israel is to keep making this parallel. And to set in the minds of the people who want to speak out, that if you do anything against Israel, you are doing something for Hitler.