When Israel banned torture http://blogs.jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/when-israel-banned-torture/ Israel may have some lessons for America as it debates the efficacy of torture. en-us uheilman@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-05-01T;19:41:00-05:00 Comment by Will Edwards wl.edwards@gmail.com The arab world has been murdering Israelis and Jews for centuries.  It didn’t just start with the invention of explosives or the advent of instruction on the internet.  The two who started the fight came together as brothers and vowed they would not turn on each other, but the descendants of Ishmael still raise their children to hate and kill Jews. The arab world has been murdering Israelis and Jews for centuries.  It didn’t just start with the invention of explosives or the advent of instruction on the internet.  The two who started the fight came together as brothers and vowed they would not turn on each other, but the descendants of Ishmael still raise their children to hate and kill Jews.

]]> 2012-02-09T;19:12:00-05:00 Comment by Liz Berney for Congress lizberneyforcongress@gmail.com Dear Mr. Goldbarg, No.  The Irgun did NOT use suicide bombers.  The PLO and other Palestinians “deserve” all the credit for these sorts of bombings targeting civilians.  When the Irgun bombed any place, it did everything possible to minimize casualties, including first warning civilians (and others) to leave the area.  This includes the bombing of the British headquarters in a wing of the King David Hotel (done in response to a British operation against the Jewish Agency, at the time when the Brits were refusing to let Holocaust survivors fleeing Europe into Israel).  The Irgun called in 3 warnings prior to the bombing, which the British apparently chose to ignore.  Please read Menachem Begin’s book, The Revolt, for a full account of the history and the respect for human life which was a hallmark of the Irgun’s operational planning. Dear Mr. Goldbarg,

No.  The Irgun did NOT use suicide bombers.  The PLO and other Palestinians “deserve” all the credit for these sorts of bombings targeting civilians. 

When the Irgun bombed any place, it did everything possible to minimize casualties, including first warning civilians (and others) to leave the area.  This includes the bombing of the British headquarters in a wing of the King David Hotel (done in response to a British operation against the Jewish Agency, at the time when the Brits were refusing to let Holocaust survivors fleeing Europe into Israel).  The Irgun called in 3 warnings prior to the bombing, which the British apparently chose to ignore.  Please read Menachem Begin’s book, The Revolt, for a full account of the history and the respect for human life which was a hallmark of the Irgun’s operational planning.

]]> 2012-02-09T;19:12:00-05:00 Comment by stuart goldbarg sgoldbarg@msn.com Didn’t Irgun use suicide bombers ?  I seem to remember an interview with Menachem Begin in which he mentioned Irgun members walking up to British checkposts with bombs. Didn’t Irgun use suicide bombers ?  I seem to remember an interview with Menachem Begin in which he mentioned Irgun members walking up to British checkposts with bombs.

]]> 2012-02-09T;19:12:00-05:00 Comment by Matt neuroshock@hotmail.com No, Sallai. The PLO formed in 1965 and began its campaigns of terrorism right away. Suicide bombing goes back well before 12 years ago. And it’s all been all but stopped the past few years. Torture had nothing to do with it. And re-instituting torture won’t stop the rockets, either. Try again. No, Sallai. The PLO formed in 1965 and began its campaigns of terrorism right away. Suicide bombing goes back well before 12 years ago. And it’s all been all but stopped the past few years. Torture had nothing to do with it.

And re-instituting torture won’t stop the rockets, either. Try again.

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