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Dear Dirk, I had no idea that a large part of Iraq is part of the "promised land" in the Zionist doctrine, and probably a lot of people like me weren't aware of this either. That really needs to be sourced and understood widely. If you have a source, could you pass it around, and I will look too, Philippa >===== Original Message From Dirk Adriaensens <dirk.adriaensens@skynet.be> ===== >Dear Glen and Philippa, > >the Israeli politicians may not comment much on the sanctions (according to >western media-sources), but their position now is very clear: on nov. 25/11, >the army's second-in-command, Major General Moshe Ayalon told Israel's >private Channel Two Television, that Israel would back US air strikes on >weapons factories in Iraq as a chapter in the US-led war on terror, despite >the risk of retaliatory attacks on the Jewish state. "This will contribute >to the region's stability", he said. >Furthermore, according to the Zionist doctrine, a large part of Iraq is part >of "the promised land". So Israel won't stop their conquering of the region >in Palestine. And everything that can help them (for instance: weakening the >power of Iraq) achieving this goal, they will support. Thus the sanctions >are a very welcome gift for the Zionists. >Greetings. >Dirk. >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Glen Rangwala" <gr10009@hermes.cam.ac.uk> >To: "pjw8" <pjw8@dana.ucc.nau.edu> >Cc: "CASI discuss list" <soc-casi-discuss@lists.cam.ac.uk> >Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 10:13 PM >Subject: Re: Whose War? > > >> Dear Philippa >> >> In response to your query: >> >> > I've been looking for the official Israeli policy on >> > sanctions, does anyone have it? Philippa Winkler >> >> It is true that Israel's leaders don't seem to comment much on Iraq. My >> guess is that the US has made it clear that statements from Israel would >be >> counterproductive in maintaining any residual Gulf sympathy for sanctions; >> in this regard, things have not changed much since 1991. You could always >> look at unofficial sources, as the article you circulated demonstrates; a >> further unofficial source would be the American Israel Public Affairs >> Committee: >> http://www.aipac.org/ >> especially the AIPAC sponsored letter of May 2000 to Clinton >> http://www.aipac.org/result.cfm?id=27; text is >> http://www.aipac.org/result.cfm?id=24. >> I hardly need to add that the text of the letter is full of simple >> factual inaccuracies. >> >> However, there have been occasional statements by Israeli leaders. Here's >> three. The first is as near as I've seen to a statement of Israeli policy. >> Apart from that, they're not particularly instructive. >> >> Prime Minister Rabin, 14 August 1994: "We support the policy of President >> Clinton and the policy of sanctions against Iraq in order to change its >> behavior... we line up with the United States and the other developed >> nations to bring Iraq to change its policies." >> http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH0c7r0 >> >> Speech by Mr. Jeremy Issacharoff, Representative of Israel to the first >> Committee, head of Regional Security and Arms Control, Ministry of Foreign >> Affairs Jerusalem (13 October 2000): "Israel is profoundly concerned about >> the present situation with regard to Iraq and the lack of any monitoring >> and inspection mechanism in that country for the last two years. Saddam >> Hussein has not changed and he continues to constitute a real threat to >> his neighbours and the region. The United Nations bears a critical >> responsibility to the countries of the Middle East to ensure that Iraq is >> disarmed of all its WMD and missile capabilities in accordance with the >> relevant Security Council resolutions." >> http://www.israel-un.org/committees/first/speech_131000.htm >> >> Speech by Prime Murderer Ariel Sharon, 19 March 2001, to AIPAC: "Iraq has >> not been under UN monitoring for more than two years and sanctions have >> been increasingly ignored. There can be no doubt that Saddam Hussein is >> seeking to restore his mass destruction weapons capability and his quest >> for long-range missiles." >> http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH0jr40 >> >> Sorry about not being able to provide more details; if you find further, >> please let me know. >> >> Glen Rangwala. >> >> -- >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- >> This is a discussion list run by the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq >> For removal from list, email soc-casi-discuss-request@lists.cam.ac.uk >> CASI's website - www.casi.org.uk - includes an archive of all postings. >> >> > > >-- >----------------------------------------------------------------------- >This is a discussion list run by the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq >For removal from list, email soc-casi-discuss-request@lists.cam.ac.uk >CASI's website - www.casi.org.uk - includes an archive of all postings. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a discussion list run by the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq For removal from list, email soc-casi-discuss-request@lists.cam.ac.uk CASI's website - www.casi.org.uk - includes an archive of all postings.