Friday, February 29, 2008

Israeli Official Makes Worst Choice of Words Ever

Wow!

The Times of London reports:

"An Israeli minister gave warning today that the army may unleash a “holocaust” on the Gaza Strip if Islamists there do not end their daily barrages of home-made Qassam rockets and their increasing use of Iranian-built Grad missiles.

"The more Qassam fire intensifies and the rockets reach a longer range, they will bring upon themselves a bigger holocaust because we will use all our might to defend ourselves," Matan Vilnai, the Deputy Defence Minister said."

Now we know Zionism is dead, and morally bankrupt. An official of a state supposedly founded so the Holocaust can never happen again has actually threatened people with a "holocaust".

To be fair, some observers say that the term "shoah" in Hebrew can be used to refer to disasters other than the Holocaust. But isn't it obvious that in an atmosphere of racial conflict like this, that it's inflammatory to use that word?

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