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A senior Israeli politician provoked controversy today when he warned that Palestinians firing rockets from Gaza would be punished with a "bigger holocaust" from Israeli armed forces.
Now this is an article from 2008, but I think its relevant even 4 years later. It gives us some insight into the minds of the izraeli leadership.
This was not enough to placate Palestinians who sought to exploit the use of the word.
The OP made the Date clear in his first written sentence.
Originally posted by Djarums
I would think that the responsible thing to do would be to edit the title to reflect that this asinine quote by this idiot politician was made in 2008.
Originally posted by sonnny1
reply to post by Djarums
Hmmmm.
2008 ?
WHY is this being brought up now?
Originally posted by Pedro4077
Do you really need this to be explained Einstein?
This was not enough to placate Palestinians who sought to exploit the use of the word.
*The Holocaust* (from the Greek
ὁλόκαυστος "holókaustos": "hólos", "whole" and "kaustós", "burnt")[2]
also known as *the Shoah* (Hebrew
: השואה,
Originally posted by projectvxn
It is an old article. But old or not those are indefensible words.
I am a proponent of Israeli self defense and I stand with Israel against Muslim extremists who wish to kill all the Jews and destroy Israel. But I do not stand with anyone who advocates the total destruction of a people in response to terrorist activities.
Politicians like that should be fired.
I am a proponent of Israeli self defense and I stand with Israel against Muslim extremists who wish to kill all the Jews and destroy Israel.