Would like to know what posters like gwayneco think of ABC sacking Political Incorrect with Bill Maher years ago. Was ABC too sensitive or not?
That is not true. 1948 Israel had already invaded and attacked an Arab village prior to their official recognition as a country. There had been skirmishing back and forth for some time between the zionists and Palestinians. The Deir Yassin Massacre occurred Prior to Israel's formal existence. That was when Israeli soldiers slaughtered an entire village in land partioned to the Arabs. I guess the first attack after Israel was officially Israel was by ARabs, but it wasn't started by Arabs alone. The armed conflicts had already been going on, and zionists had captured numerous Arab towns prior to May 1948. Israel attacked first in the 1967 war. It may have been pre-emptive but it was Israel that attacked first. http://www.allsinai.info/sites/history.htm This is what Begin had to say about the attack.
Thanks for the reply, FB, I was about to reply with the same thing; Israelis initiated the fight two out of those three times. The 1973 war was initiated by Egypt, which wanted to recapture the Sinai from the occupying Israeli army. Actually, come to think of it, it's rather surprising that there weren't more wars between the two sides, but the peace initiative from Sadat might have saved that region a few more major conflicts; of course it lead to his assassination and boycott of Egypt by the entire Arab world, but he obviously understood the dangers of dealing with the "Zionist enemy".
Cleric calls on Mohammed cartoonist to be executed (Filed: 06/02/2006) In pics: Muslim outrage spreads Cartoon protests 'intolerable' Omar Bakri Mohammed, the radical Muslim cleric, has said the cartoonist behind caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed that have sparked outrage across the Arab world should be tried and executed under Islamic law. Omar Bakri Mohammed The cleric said the cartoonist had insulted Islam and must pay the price, as three people were killed during protests against the cartoons in Afghanistan. "The insult has been established now by everybody, Muslim and non-Muslim, and everybody condemns the cartoonist and condemns the cartoon," he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme. "However, in Islam, God said, and the messenger Mohammed said, whoever insults a prophet, he must be punished and executed. "This man should be put on trial and if it is proven to be executed." The cleric said Muslims in Britain were not allowed to kill people who insulted Islam because it was against the law of the country. "We are not saying ourselves to go there and start to look to him and kill him, we are not talking about that. We are talking about Islamic rules. If anybody insults the prophet, he will have to take a punishment." He said if countries refused to put people on trial for insulting Mohammed they must "face the consequences". Three people were killed and several were injured as protestors clashed with police in the central city of Mihtarlam. It was the latest display of outrage against the cartoons, which were originally published in Denmark and have been reprinted in various European countries. Protests in London over the weekend sparked concern over placards containing radical slogans.
