Propaganda Letter
Ynetnews have decided to publish a delightful piece of propaganda – a letter supposedly from the 14-year old daughter of a palestinian prisoner to the mother of Gilad Shalit.
Here’s an excerpt:
Madam, mother of the hostage soldier, Gilad Shalit:I am one among thousands of children doomed never to enjoy a smile, a kiss on the cheek in the morning, a comforting hand to soothe our pain and encourage us to advance in life. I am a girl whose foundation stone was taken from her home, her father.
Madam, I am writing to you and waiting tensely to hear of the fate of your son who was in a tank, not to protect a cause or a principle, but rather to obey the instructions of his commanders without thinking if those instructions were right or not. Madam, it’s your right to hurt, to be sad, to yell out loud, ‘Return my son to me! What sin has my son committed?’ But do you have it in you to think of the important issue? This is the issue of our prisoners in your prisons, whose only sin was picking up a stone or a pen to protect their faith and their homeland, to protect a cause and principles in which they believe and will continue to believe. Not out of a motivation to kill or terrorize, as your leaders claim, but in order to protect our land and our faith.
I have to say that my concept of a stone or pen is much different from hers.
By the way, am I the only one who finds it hard to believe that a 14-year-old girl wrote this letter?
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An Australian immigrant to Israel, Aussie Dave has been blogging since early 2003.Filed Under: General
Feh. Typical Palestinian/Arab/Muslim lying dreck. (I apologize for my language.)
Whoever wrote this needs to take the blindfolds off. Stupid Palestinians who refuse to see the truth, and then try to convince others to see their lies.
He wasn’t in a tank, he was manning a guard post, iirc. In Isreal.
Yeah, 14 year-olds write like that… NOT! Notice how ‘she’ mentions picking up a pen or a stone, but forgets bombs, rockets and sky-jackings…
5Cats
it looks a bit like a Westerner wrote it. also someone pretty good with English.
i say a Westerner b/c the complaint that the soldier was just doing what his commanders said to without thinking about right and wrong seems Western.
of course, the opposite is true. the West is the only place where people think about right and wrong instead of just following orders or pursuing their self interest.
Maybe it was written by the British.
Shy Guy
I’m still waiting for a Palestinian or Arab paper to print a letter from Gilad Shalit’s mother. Interesting how our media outlets go out of their way to be “balanced” while the ones on the other side spout nothing but propaganda…. so glad we can help with that. sigh.