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Uprooting 30,000 Bedouin in Israel : Comments
By Neve Gordon, published 10/4/2012Plans to move entire communities and put them in townships would deprive them of their livelihood and land rights.
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There was a joke that did the rounds around the time GW was planning his invasion of Iraq.
It goes something like this.
The president was being briefed by military planners etc. and the matter of civilian deaths (otherwise euphemistically known as collatoral damage) came up.
The president asked how many can we expect?
Failing any possible realistic answer a joker replied "Maybe 10.000 Iraqis- and one bicycle repairman!"
"Whats with the bicycle repairman?" the pres asks.
Later, someone says "See! I told you he wouldn't care about 10,000 dead Iraqis!"
It seems ditto re the fate of 30,000 bedouins.
What an indictement on the egos of those who like to play politics with people's lives.