[Lillie_Steins]

Yes, I remember being a young child in Israel when the Maalot massacre happened.

It was very frightening.

We understood that the Palestinian PLO movement (these days Fatah) were blood-thirstly savages who wanted nothing more than to mass-murder us all.

These days, it is equally frightening to think that the Muslim world still remains silent as Palestinian suicide bombers massacre busloads of Israeli children on their way to school.

And the hypocritical, anti-Semitic UN still sponsors resolutions condemning Israel for self-defense operations against Muslim terrorists.

Unfortunately, nothing much has changed since Maalot.

[PhillipHer]

Look, I dont consider all arabs to be monsters, some are quite decent, rational human beings who see the light of reason and recognize that islam should not be used as a process to direct all aspects of one's life. Oh pleaaaase theres no need for a politically correct knee jerk reaction. When I said "animals" i dont mean ALL arabs. In any case when I say such a thing, I dont feel like i need to explain myself - just have another look at the above incidents concerning school children ect. spare me that politically correct BS.

[Big A]

The victims of AVIVIM

Machluf Biton
Ripped from his mother's bosom whilst still being nutured by her love.

Shimon Azran
He always loved everyone, but didn't even have the time to say goodbye.

Rami Yarkoni
As in life he continues to accompany the babies of Beit Raban to the world of dreams.

Ester Avichezer
Beautiful as the moon, and wise as the new day. Her shadow haunts us with its silence.

Aliza Peretz
Like a flower in a bouquet of roses, Elokim chose you for his garden in heaven.

Shimon and Haviva Biton
Inseparable in life as in death, you blood sealed you fate.

Yaffa Batitu
The light of her golden curls has dimmed, leaving us in dark mourning.

Shulamit Biton
A child of soft and innocent smile has left her parents in a world of loneliness.

Channa Biton
The memory of your modesty and your unassuming nature - rare in one so young - deepens the distress of remembering you.

Maimon Biton
You so loved to play games with your friends and to have fun. And today you are in the heaven where your parents watch over you.

Yehuda Ochayon
On that bitter day you didn't want to go to school. We didn't know that you feared to walk through the valley of the shadow of death.

Twelve candles glow towards the heavens.
With your souls you have blessed them and granted us life.

[brraverishhh]

But i do think about the maalot massacre often, and the others as well where the arafat-led terorrists targeted children as a method. The dolphinarium and sbarro pizza bombings should have made clear to all that israel wasnt dealing with human beings who have any value for life. Maalot did it for me in 1974, and observers of those 2 more recent attacks targeting children i imagine, would have decided to write off the arabs permanently as well.
I think its fair to say that at the end of the day the Israeli government and only the Israeli government is responsble for what is happening today. Their famous motto once upona time was never to negotiate with terror. I dont think that motto applies today. The Oslo accords, the so called "road map to peace" the Gaza disengagement are the biggest blunders in history and rewards terrorism, further inflaming and encouraging terrorists the world over.
I even hear that they are considering releasing Bourghati from prison to participate in elections!

The more the Israeli government keeps looking over its shoulder at the international community and its PR image the more responsible it is for every Jewish death. The fact that they are under 'pressure' from the US and EU to capitulate to terror is a lousy excuse. capitulaing, rewarding and collborating with terror makes them criminally responsible. To be an Israeli Prime Minister is to make a stand against a hostile world.

If Sharon or anyone else cant do it they should not be in office.

[Lillie_Steins]

http://www.io.com/~jewishwb/iris/archives/664.html


The DFLP was responsible for the May 1974 massacre of a family of three and 22 high school students in the northern Israeli town of Maalot, Galilee. Another 56 students were injured. In November of that year, four DFLP terrorists killed four Israelis in the town of Beit She'an near the Jordanian border.


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Israel Radio (16 April, 0800-0900 GMT, Reshet Bet, "Hakol Diburim") today interviewed a survivor of the Maalot attack, a Mr. Marwan, who was 17 at the time. He expressed shock that Israel could admit Hawatmeh, especially today, when Israel commemmorated Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Memorial Day. He questioned whether such an act is consistent with the government's fight against Hizbullah terrorists in Lebanon, and called on the government to demand that the Palestinian Authority extradite Hawatmeh for trial and punishment.