Another military target, I thought. A bomber
could blast this place and hit nothing but soldiers and soldier girls, except
for the owner, the waitresses and me. I could see the report from Ariel
Sharon's staff: Suicide Terrorist
Targets Innocent Israeli Teenagers in Ashqelon
Recreation Establishment. I was talking to a Russian poolroom owner on
March 6th in a strip shopping center in seaside
You have just read a quote from my own
article released on the Internet on the afternoon of
The
Truths about the
A large crowd of drinking and gambling
patrons were attacked in the Sheffield Club pool hall, 10 miles south of Tel
Aviv in an industrial district, by a lone Palestinian, who hand-ignited a
suitcase bomb. It is overwhelmingly likely that most of the patrons were
off-duty Israeli Defense Force personnel, but few Americans have been allowed
to know this.
This author was stunned at the first reports
of the attack in the American Press, because the site sounded so similar to the
pool hall I visited in March, about which I had written only 24 hours earlier,
that I thought it might be the same one! Just as I had surmised while eating my
The sterilized story of what did not happen
was then broadcast and legitimatized by the Israel-friendly US Press. The
American press and the Israeli press are both loyal to
Only rarely does an Israeli or American
report ever state how many of those killed and wounded were military and how
many were civilians, and names are almost always withheld. In the absence of
such information, we are expected to assume that all were civilians and that
the event was planned and carried out with the specific intent to destroy the
innocent. Don't we Americans assume that the casualties were civilian, if we're
not told otherwise?
It is not necessary for this author to guess
whether some of those bombed were military, because a close look at the
propaganda itself reveals the intent to deceive. One published photo of a
victim being carried out of the rubble from the Sheffield Club had the
unmistakable appearance of a 20 year old male Israeli soldier with his hair cut
to about 1/4 inch, and though his face was clearly visible, he was not
identified. But no mention was made of any Israeli military casualties, in or
out of uniform. This is most suspicious, because in the militarist state of
But
The Israeli propaganda machine, controlled
by the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Israeli Defense Force, both
have active websites where all Palestinians are usually referred to as
"terrorists.” Members of the Israel press, writers, relief agencies,
ambulance companies--all go along with the Foreign Ministry's
scheme...referring to all the killed and injured as "people" or
"Israelis", and nothing more. The Ministry's bombing reports almost
never mention the name, rank, job or position, sex or physical description of
the casualties.
This colorless "people"
designation is reminiscent of Orwell in his book, 1984, where his hero, Winton
Smith, has a career creating lies in the "Ministry of Truths".
Smith's job was to make lying safer by eliminating all color language, such as
adjectives, so that the official propagandists would be less likely to trip
over their words.
An example of Israeli Ministry of Foreign
Affairs propaganda is a piece from its website dated
Orwell could have been talking about
In view of George Orwell's excellent insight
and
It is not easy to catch MOT in its lies,
even when you know they are doing it, because the Israeli press is even more
state controlled than our own. One hint that confirms my view of the Sheffield
Club bombing comes from an Associated Press writer in
Fortunately for us, Mr. Keyser must have
wanted to create a readable story. He interviewed two persons who were said to
be outside the Sheffield Club when the blast occurred, and in doing so, he left
a clue as to who was really in the bustling hall of drinking, gambling and
sport. He interviewed an "off duty soldier" named Amit
Elor, who happened to be "just outside"
when the bomb went off, and who said, "all of a sudden WE heard this loud
blast with noise. I went in to help." It appears the soldier was not asked
who was included in "We." And, Mr. Kaiser may not have thought to ask
the lone soldier if any of his friends were hurt in the blast. Or if he did ask
this logical question, he did not print the answer.
We are supposed to believe all the people
inside were civilians. Picture, if you will, a gambling saloon, with one lone
off-duty soldier just outside the door at ll:
A close look at many reports from the MOT
shows that the reports are full of holes. This writer carefully examined all 60
official Israeli Foreign Ministry bombing reports from
There is more that condemns the MOT as
liars. On April 12 the Ministry of Foreign Affairs absolutely contradicted
local
Two conclusions are obvious from these two
bombings: first, both were military targets, being troop concentrations; one
was an off-duty military hangout and the other was a military transport on its
way to a battle zone. Second, the official Israeli propaganda machine lied in
both cases about who was killed. These back-to-back bombing distortions, call
the entire Israeli propaganda machine into question. If it lied about the bus
bombing in
The pattern of report warping continued on
According to Haaretz Daily's story 44 persons were wounded, which is not the
same as 37 civilians. Who, then, are
Ministry's missing seven persons? The
"Ministry of Truth" again appears to be juggling the numbers to give
the impression that the Bombers targeted civilians. Could it be that seven
soldiers were injured in the blast?
Two days later, on May 29, the Ministry
appears to have put pepper on the trail by switching it's link to a story about
the same event written by the Jerusalem
Post and containing a yet different number of casualties from an
unverifiable source, a female victim. It is again likely there was a military
target in the mall and unreported military injuries. The pattern of deception
is consistent, with distortion of numbers to cover for probable military
injuries.
While non-military persons are killed in
Over 400 Palestinian children have been
killed in the last l8 months--most were shot in the head or chest with high
power weapons. The
The entire Israeli occupation hinges on painting
the Intelligent Bombs as terrorists,
which they are not when they target military. The only reason many Americans
support
Does the Israeli "Ministry of
Truth" ever tell the truth? The answer is yes, when the truth suits it
purpose. The following report seems to be true: "May 28: Netanel Riachi,
17, of Kochav Ya'akov; Gilad Stiglitz, 14, of Yakir; and Avraham Siton, 17, of Shilo - three
yeshiva high school students - were killed and two others wounded in Itamar, southeast of Nablus, when
a Palestinian gunman infiltrated the community and opened fire on the teenagers
on Tuesday night, before he was shot dead." This report seems to be
true.
The
Our Readers Write:
A few, from concerned friends who think we
are going too far in presenting the Intelligent Bombers' side. William Rood is
one who wrote: " I did some reading on your site last night.
You make some interesting points about Israel being an armed camp and almost
anything being a legitimate military target, but I think you take it a bit too
far and therefore damage your credibility. Just this morning, I saw
identifications of some of the victims, particularly of the Passover bombing,
who clearly were civilians. Even Arafat condemns such attacks. There's enough
truth on the Palestinian side. We needn't stretch it."- William Rood
WHTT Replies:
We appreciates the thoughtful letter with our best interest in mind. We ask Mr.
Rood to consider two facts common to many who sympathize with the plight of the
Palestinians but don't want to be seen sympathetic toward the suicide bombers.
Mr. Arafat is now in this camp we are sorry to say. We do not think this issue
can be dodged no matter how we may feel personally about suicide, or how much
sympathy we have for the families and the bombers themselves.
First, of course not every bomb hits clear-cut
military targets; many explode without hitting any target at all, and a few do
hit the innocent. We do not know why, because the bomber cannot tell. The
Israeli million-dollar American smart bombs also "miss". In
The bomber is intelligent and resourceful,
much more so than the "smart bomb," but his weapons are incredibly
primitive, which is why they require human delivery and manual detonation. Some
blow up prematurely, others are detected and the bombers are killed before they
get near a target, usually because there are military guards on military
targets. And some bombers may panic or make mistakes; who can know?
If Mr. Rood were to go back and look at the
Passover guest list of 250 people, he would find it unavailable and the
casualty list as well. He would find that only a few selected cases were
identifiable as civilians. Most of the 28 "people" reported dead and
128 injured--20 seriously--have not been identified at all. Who were they? How
many were out-of-uniform military and reserve personnel? Ask the MOT; we would
like to know. We agree this probably was a religious celebration even though in
a posh hotel with lots of military present. But I am told the Israeli Ministry
of Truth still stands guards at the tomb on Baruch Goldstein, an Israeli
Reserve officer, who in 1994 entered a mosque and murdered 29 Palestinians with
a machine gun, including children, while they prayed. The MOT never denounced
Dr Goldstein as a terrorist.
The point here is that the MOT reveals only
the part of the truth that suits them.
Mr. Rood mentioned Mr. Arafat, who has shown
he is willing to denounce the Intelligent Bombers. They come from factions that
compete with Arafat politically. Arafat may not be a popular leader of the
Palestinians; he is blamed by many for legitimatizing the terrible Oslo Accord,
which legitimized the pure theft of his people's property. When he was penned
up in Ramallah, he told the world he wished he could
die as a martyr. He did not do it; martyrdom is not an easy choice, which is
why there are so few. The Palestinians have their martyrs, they need a new
leader.
Every race and nation venerates its fallen heroes--those who died for the cause
when they did not need to die. History is filled with tales of those who chose
death over recantation or compromise: Joan of Arc, the Christian martyrs of
first century Rome, the 12 apostles, Paul, Timothy, John the Baptist, St.
Steven... and Americans too, Nathan Hale….Davie Crockett, Jim Bowie and all the
Heroes of the Alamo -- every society has had such heroes, and those committed
few knew the odds but considered the mission worth more than their lives. The
Intelligent Bombs are such as these. No oppressed group ever had less to work
with and faced a more powerful and ruthless enemy than do the Palestinians.
In order to justify their own violence, the
Israeli Ministry of Orwellian Truth and our own government are spreading a
gigantic lie about who it is that the Intelligent Bombers target. We must do
our best to expose the truth.
Gary Nelson writes:
Please
delete me from your mailing list. Your defense of murder, especially coming as
it does from a professed follower of the Prince of Peace, makes me want to
retch.
We reply: Dear Gary Nelson:
Retching could be very bad for your health
unless you remove your head from the sand first. –Ed.
Finally, Simon Stephan writes to WHTT about
one Israelite Bible hero who was an Intelligent Bomb:
I saw
it fit to bring to your attention the subject of describing human bombs and
suicide bombers as terrorists and all the Media and press reports and even
people of power describing it the same in the western world. It seems that the
double standards that apply to most of what goes on in our world is related to
showing one group as bad and another as good.
The
creation of the State of Israel is linked to an assumed biblical term that God
the all mighty promised a land to his chosen bunch and therefore they have
every right to do what they please to fulfill that promises.
On the
other hand the same biblical records show that a simple act of self destruction
committed by Samson was an extremely honorable act when he shook the pillars of
the temple and made it fall on him and the people in it that were his enemies. Was not that and act of terrorism? Wasn't
that an act of a suicide bomber? Wasn't that an act of murder against innocent
civilians?
How
can the world condemn those who sacrifice themselves believing that it is the
only way to justice and their only means of resisting occupation, oppression
and humiliation, while it glorifies the acts of Samson and justifies his action
as something honorable?
I
personally do not believe in people killing themselves for any reason and
believe that God has given us a life to fulfill a target or dream, and it is up
to his judgment when to live and when to die. At the same time I do not accept
that a whole nation or population could be massacred under the pretences of
self-defense and the retaliation of the poor defenseless State of
Keep
up the good efforts and hope that the truth comes out as bright as
Your author returns:
We are told every day by our press and many professed Christian leaders (like
Gary Nelson) that Palestinians are the most evil of people who must be
imprisoned and liquidated because less than 100 individuals, most of them less
than 20 years old, have resorted to using their bodies as human bombs. But it
is not bombing that is being criticized, but the choice of targets.
Cecarlson