Professor: Sharon 'taking confrontation to new level'
Saturday, April 17, 2004 Posted: 9:07 PM EDT (0107 GMT)
Professor Fawaz Gerges
(CNN) -- Saturday the Israel Defense Forces launched an airstrike on
the car of Hamas leader Abdel Aziz Rantisi, killing him and two
others.
Fawaz Gerges, a professor of international affairs at Sarah Lawrence
College in New York, joined CNN's Fredricka Whitfield by phone to
discuss the violence in the Mideast.
WHITFIELD: We haven't heard an official explanation from the Israeli
government yet, but it is expected that they will say this was
justified. Is it?
GERGES: The Israeli government has made it very clear that the entire
senior leadership of Hamas and [Islamic] Jihad are marked for
assassination. We have the right to be shocked, but should not be
surprised.
Two points here.
After the assassination of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, the spiritual leader
of Hamas, Hamas vowed to avenge his death. It has been more than two
weeks, and Hamas has not been able to respond. So, I think that
convinced Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon that the infrastructure
of Hamas and [Islamic] Jihad had been destroyed.
Secondly I think that Sharon believes he has the green light from the
Bush administration. Even though most European governments and world
governments condemned the assassination of Yassin, the Bush
administration did not.
The most recent meeting [between Sharon and President Bush] also
represented a strategy shift on the part of the Bush administration.
For the first time, the United States now does not look at settlements
as illegal or obstacles.
I think the Bush administration made it very clear that the Israeli
clash with the Palestinians is an extension of the U.S. war on
terrorism. And I think Sharon has succeeded in convincing the Bush
administration that his struggle with the Palestinians is similar to
the American war against terrorism.
Secondly I think we need to understand that the Bush administration
has refused to condemn the so-called assassinations or judicial
killings of Palestinian leaders.
All these steps have convinced Ariel Sharon that he has a green light
to move against Hamas and [Islamic] Jihad. A few days ago, Sharon said
even Yasser Arafat, the president of the Palestinian National
Authority, is marked for assassination. Yet the Bush administration
moved very quick to say that the United States is opposed to the
assassination of Arafat.
Sharon believes he has a historical opportunity, a major military
opportunity, to really escalate the confrontation against Hamas and
[Islamic] Jihad and to do it for good. But what we need to remember is
that escalation begets counter-escalation, and I believe that violence
will bring about more violence. And the peace process becomes more and
more distant. More Jewish and Palestinian blood will likely be shed as
a result of today's events.
WHITFIELD: Is it your gut feeling that the assassination of Yassin
perhaps put Rantisi on notice like never before?
GERGES: The Israeli government tried to kill Rantisi last June, and he
escaped with some injuries. I think Rantisi was considered by the
Israeli government as one of the most radical leaders, and has always
been a target. I think after his election by Hamas, he became target
No. 1.
The big point I want to make is that the Israeli government made it
very clear that the entire senior echelon of Hamas and [Islamic] Jihad
leadership, who number around 72 leaders, are marked for
assassination. I think Sharon believes he can win this struggle
militarily and force the Palestinians to accept his vision of peace.
Since 1948, Israel has won almost every war against Arabs and the
Palestinians. But it has not been able to impose a peace settlement on
its Arab neighbors. This is why I believe today's events will not
contribute to bringing the Palestinians and Israelis closer to a peace
settlement.
And this is why it is essential that the Bush administration gets
actively involved in trying to at least exercise the restraint of not
just the Palestinians, but also Sharon. Because with Sharon thinking
he has a green light from the Bush administration, he's taking the
confrontation to a new level.
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19 Apr 2004 10:16:26 AM |
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Zak <Zak@home.com> wrote:
Professor: Sharon 'taking confrontation to new level'
Saturday, April 17, 2004 Posted: 9:07 PM EDT (0107 GMT)
Professor Fawaz Gerges
The Professor is a moron. The 1.8 million Gazans are targetted for
imminent genocide. Sharon merely awaits his much-heralded
"mega-terrorist" event, licking his fat, greasy liver-lips in
anticipation.
Grantland
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20 Apr 2004 05:55:38 PM |
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(Grantland) wrote in message news:<4083ed1b.359139325@ct-news.iafrica.com>...
The Professor is a moron. The 1.8 million Gazans are targetted for
imminent genocide. Sharon merely awaits his much-heralded
"mega-terrorist" event, licking his fat, greasy liver-lips in
anticipation.
Grantland
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It's not Sharon you need to be concerned with.
I am taking confrontation to a new level...not him.
Anger? You have no idea Grantland. No idea at all. But you will.
Ricky
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| User: "Grantland" |
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20 Apr 2004 11:27:44 PM |
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(Werewolfy) wrote:
mithril@iafrica.com (Grantland) wrote in message news:<4083ed1b.359139325@ct-news.iafrica.com>...
The Professor is a moron. The 1.8 million Gazans are targetted for
imminent genocide. Sharon merely awaits his much-heralded
"mega-terrorist" event, licking his fat, greasy liver-lips in
anticipation.
Grantland
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It's not Sharon you need to be concerned with.
I am taking confrontation to a new level...not him.
Anger? You have no idea Grantland. No idea at all. But you will.
Ricky
I ***** on your mommys winkled face, chump. And she loves the taste!
Mwahahahaaaaahaaaa!!
wally
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| User: "Werewolfy" |
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21 Apr 2004 05:38:53 AM |
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(Grantland) wrote in message news:<4085f64a.492562126@ct-news.iafrica.com>...
I ***** on your mommys winkled face, chump. And she loves the taste!
Mwahahahaaaaahaaaa!!
wally
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I wondered who had been digging in the City graveyard in Gloucester.
My mother has been....reident...there for 8 years now.
She is quite indifferent to taste these days.
Me
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| User: "cesar" |
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21 Apr 2004 07:24:45 AM |
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Please listen to me Werewolf. I decided to block Grantland's posts which I
rarely read anyway because I realized he was mentally ill. The man is
totally and utterly full of hate and spite. He is pathological.
By continuing to tangle with him, his posts now appear in yours. I really
don't want to know what you have to say to each other. A fight on usenet
can last forever. There are no policemen one can call to put a stop to
this. So, for your own sanity, may I strongly suggest that you simply
ignore?
There are people here who hate my guts too. I used to cringe when I read
their attacks. But then I got used to not let them bother me. When they're
not worth a reply I simply don't. When they are too insulting or profane,
I don't react and I don't reply.
What should one do to have satisfaction, Werewolf? Find out where they live
and who they are and shoot them all? Talk the exact same way they do?
Become just like them? Kill your daughter's cat in a rage? That was worse
than Grantland's words. That was a vile ACT. How can words get to you like
that? And by telling us you did stuff like that in reaction to his words,
he is in total glee. He succeeded.
The best advice I saw from someone who posted here for a while was to follow
Buddha's way. Put on a teflon suit. Be mum.
cesar
"Werewolfy" <RickyColeclough@aol.com> wrote in message
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mithril@iafrica.com (Grantland) wrote in message
news:<4085f64a.492562126@ct-news.iafrica.com>...
I ***** on your mommys winkled face, chump. And she loves the taste!
Mwahahahaaaaahaaaa!!
wally
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I wondered who had been digging in the City graveyard in Gloucester.
My mother has been....reident...there for 8 years now.
She is quite indifferent to taste these days.
Me
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21 Apr 2004 04:42:40 PM |
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"cesar" <cesar@no.email> wrote in message news:<hKthc.180504$2oI1.77210@twister01.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com>...
Please listen to me Werewolf.
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Yes Cesar. I read...and re-read.
We are so different in ideas. I am the cynic, you are the good man. I
am the sum of a lifetime's experience dealing with the scum of the
Earth. You are of a forgiving and kinder nature.
We are that which we are.
With one exception, no-one here really knows me. I bridle at
injustice, I am a person who prefers action to words, I am
me...unchangeable, intranginent and always taking insults as personal.
Over the years, I have done, seen and acted on things that most here
have only read about. I have a Hell of a lot of nightmares too!
Cesar, reading your post makes you my choice. Had this been in one of
those situations when I needed a 'hostage negotiator'...then I would
call on you my friend.
Your post offered the hand of friendship. It also explained things as
you saw them. That means a lot to me.
I am no believer in any God, or any phrophesy...nor will I ever be. I
can see genuine people though. I am proud to count you as one such.
I've printed your post. It's beside me now, and will remain so.
Whenever those.....feelings...come over me, well, I'll read it again
and yet again.
There are kind hearted people, and there are evil swine in this world.
I think you have just 'balanced the books' for me ;)
In the same way that I loath an evil man, I respect a good one.
You have my respect. Thank you.
Ricky
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| User: "cesar" |
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21 Apr 2004 05:08:08 PM |
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To be called a friend in making peace is more satisfying than anything I can
do for myself. Thank you very much. Hey, we all make mistakes, especially
out of rage. I know you didn't *intentionally* kill the cat in any
premeditated fashion. It must have been in there at the wrong time and you
must have shoved it out the window and it got run over. At least that's how
I see it happening - an accident, which got you so upset that you had to
tell us what happened.
Evil is indeed a terrible scourge on the earth. I hate it to the extreme
too. But if you let it get your blood boiling, you're playing into its
hands and Evil wins.
cesar
"Werewolfy" <RickyColeclough@aol.com> wrote in message
news:85ebfda0.0404211342.26e8ddd8@posting.google.com...
"cesar" <cesar@no.email> wrote in message
news:<hKthc.180504$2oI1.77210@twister01.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com>...
Please listen to me Werewolf.
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Yes Cesar. I read...and re-read.
We are so different in ideas. I am the cynic, you are the good man. I
am the sum of a lifetime's experience dealing with the scum of the
Earth. You are of a forgiving and kinder nature.
We are that which we are.
With one exception, no-one here really knows me. I bridle at
injustice, I am a person who prefers action to words, I am
me...unchangeable, intranginent and always taking insults as personal.
Over the years, I have done, seen and acted on things that most here
have only read about. I have a Hell of a lot of nightmares too!
Cesar, reading your post makes you my choice. Had this been in one of
those situations when I needed a 'hostage negotiator'...then I would
call on you my friend.
Your post offered the hand of friendship. It also explained things as
you saw them. That means a lot to me.
I am no believer in any God, or any phrophesy...nor will I ever be. I
can see genuine people though. I am proud to count you as one such.
I've printed your post. It's beside me now, and will remain so.
Whenever those.....feelings...come over me, well, I'll read it again
and yet again.
There are kind hearted people, and there are evil swine in this world.
I think you have just 'balanced the books' for me ;)
In the same way that I loath an evil man, I respect a good one.
You have my respect. Thank you.
Ricky
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