Excal this week

Three articles this week and another editorial from Dan Freeman-Maloy round out this week's opinion sections of "Israel-Palestine Weekly" very well.

First off, props to Evan Lewis, a McGill grad who told it like it was in response to a ghastly piece in a previous issue (it's short enough that I can quote the whole thing.)

Recognize Israeli freedoms

By Evan Lewis
Contributor

Re: “Imprisoning the Intifada,” opinions, September 15, 2004

After spending four years at McGill University in Montreal, I have certainly read my fair share of baseless claims about Israel, which serve no purpose other than to vilify the country. I certainly was not surprised to read “Imprisoning the Infitada” by Ghada Taweel on September 15 in Excalibur.

Just how a campus paper can consent to such an unfounded statement like “Israel continues to practice torture” baffles me. The last time I checked, Israel was one of the only countries in the entire world to outlaw the use of torture. It’s funny how Taweel forgot to include this tidbit of fact.

Seemingly, a lot of facts seem to be missing in this piece. It is my hope that readers of this paper at York University see this too.

It gets worse.

Then, a personal attack on Hillel past president Joride Saperia, who wrote an op-ed last week:

Saperia’s letter is an abhorrent attempt to condemn all those who disagree with him. His analysis does not further the Sudanese plight.

And even worse.

One more op-ed.

The Israelis and their supporters must come to understand that no matter how many Palestinian homes are demolished, no matter how many people are jailed, and no matter how many Palestinian men, women and children are killed, the struggle to end Israeli occupation will continue.

Translation: We can expect more terrorists bombing innocent children eating at pizza shops and vacationing on Sukkot.

Say it like it is, Tarek Hammam. You want more innocent people to die.