Tuesday, 6 January 2009

Links and articles

Working as a PR director I tend not to mix business and pleasure, so only once I'm publishing few interesting war-related links and that's it
http://www.therazor.org/?p=1269

Walking In Israel’s Shoes

While the newspapers and airwaves are filled with pictures of Palestinian killed or wounded by Israel thanks to careful manipulation by Hamas, the European and American press ignore the Israeli victims that are behind the Israeli attacks. This fits “the narrative” that Israel is an apartheid, terrorist state while the Arabs are the oppressed, allowing the terrorists to use the consciences of Jews, Europeans and Americans as cover for their killing spree.

Since 2000 Islamic terror groups have launched 10,046 rockets and mortars at Israel, most falling within a 20 km band from Gaza. Of these, terror groups launched 7,000 after Israel quit the Gaza Strip in 2005. The attacks killed or wounded nearly 300 Israelis (est), a ratio of roughly 35 missiles for each Israeli casualty

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IMPORTANT TO ALL PARTICIPANTS OF EXPLANATION ON THE NET ACTION
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BLoggers and web-participation is a very distinguishing feature of this war. In order to make your participation worthy and serve your goal - which is to explain your own position and reflect the reality from your point of view please pay attention to few highly important things:

1. Watch your language 

2. Remember that the purpose is explanation and not a competition who can "set the the biggest fire".

3. Express your opinion using facts and arguments rather than emotions. Expressing frustration and aggression (even the most justified ones) give birth to more aggression, both at your opponents' and your supporters' while reasonable arguments and facts can make ppl think it over or at least treat you (and now you represent the whole nation) with more respect and maybe an option for understanding

Let the world know the naked truth from the first source - YOU

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We have waited patiently for so long.
Held our weapons back,
The same weapons made to protect our right to exist in our own country.
We ground our teeth while missiles were fired on our citizens, our children, parents and brothers.
We hoped the hatred could be stopped with words, contracts, negotiations. Evicted people from their homes for the sake of peace,
But you kept shooting at us for the past 8 years.
Eight years of fire towards innocent people.
We kept quiet, because we do not wish for war or killing.
You, on the other hand, threaten and fire without halt.
You interpret our silence as weakness.
Instead of using your money to improve the living conditions in Gaza, you purchase weapons with only one goal in mind, to harm and kill the Israeli people.
We are tired of wars and you use that fact to try destroying us.
We swore to our families who lost their lives in the holocaust, that NO MORE!
The brutal war machines are manned by our soldiers day and night, awaiting command.
Soldiers, young boys and girls, who fight for our security instead of spending time with their friends and families.
You have repeatedly disregarded our immense restraint and kept aiming expensive missiles at us- Artillery used for one purpose only- To kill us.
Who is to say when enough is ENOUGH!
I wish all the valiant soldiers who fight for the safety of Israeli citizens a safe return to their homes and families.
I wish your children - our enemies\' - children to be safe, to live long prosperous lives without losing oneself to their parents\' stupidity and hatred.
What kind of parents hide behind the bed of their little children, behind the dresses of their wives?
Despite it all, we wish to stop only those who harm us.
We do not wish to hurt the innocent.
We do not think lightly of guns as you do, our fingers press the triggers with great reluctance.
We target our planes as a surgeon targets its\' scalpel, slowly and carefully.
Between you and us there is only one difference, we do not have a choice but to defend ourselves from your attack.
We did not choose war.
Return home safely Israeli defense forces - an army with a sole purpose, to defend Israel!
Taken from: http://d-spot.co.il/forum/index.php?&showtopic=179873
Thanks to Jenny Schneider for translation.
Eli Elias ©
/http://eliaseli.spaces.live.com



2 comments:

Ma Sands said...

Amen, yuki.

I saw your comment just now, on Carl's site, and "went over" to your site from there.

You've done well.

sincerely,
Ma Sands

Orchid said...

Thank you, Mary!
I'm not really handling my site - just writing every now and then mostly for myself ;)
Hope I'm helping people to understand better the situation with my explanations though