1. In recent years, one of the main "causes" for bashing Israel has been the incomprehensible and inhumane insistence by Israel that Palestinian women passing through checkpoints, even when in ambulances and claiming they are in need of emergency medical treatment, be thoroughly searched and the vehicles inspected. The Caring Left has long denounced this as yet further evidence of the beastly nature of Israel and the Jews. The Israeli Left has long made it one of its leading flags. Haaretz and its satellite comrades have written endless statements denouncing the inhumane behavior of Israeli troops, who refuse to allow such women to scoot on past and get their free medical treatment. And I long ago gave up the idea that someone might actually raise the question of why Palestinians should be entitled to medical treatment AT ALL in Israeli medical facilities. Why can’t the nice Palestinian Red Crescent, headed by the Brother of His Ugliness, simply care for its own?

   In any case, the Caring Left saw its greatest dream come true this week when Shimon Peres and Yossi Beilin managed to invite to Jerusalem the first Woman Suicide Bomber, who blew up central Jerusalem, killing one 80 year old man and wounding 200. The TV was filled with Palestinian women all over celebrating this great achievement, and feminizts and feminazis from around the world at last had a true Middle East champion they could admire while donning their codpieces.

   Except that the Gynonazi who blew up Jerusalem proved how correct were those officers all along who insisted on the inspections of Palestinian women at the checkpoints. We are still awaiting the first apology and mea culpa from a Caring Leftist.

   Meanwhile, there are other interesting questions. It is now only a matter of time before Arafat and Peres will send in six-year-old suicide bombers to show how devoted they are to peace and how badly they must be suffering since why else would such children commit suicide-murder. (Strangely, when young children were leading Burmese death squads a few years back, this was NOT proof of how just their cause must be.) The Israeli Left and Haaretz will of course draw the conclusion that only removing all of the settlements and meeting all of Arafat’s demands can stop the child suicide-bombings. The EU and Zinni will agree.

2. Among those who have been most persistent in demanding that Israeli troops stop the inhumane inspection of Palestinian women entering Israel for free medical treatments, and so one of the main forces that made possible this week’s gynonazi atrocity, is the "human rights watchdog" group Betselem. We have been insisting for decades that Betselem could not give a hoot about human rights (it has never had a word to say about violations of human rights by the PLO and its Hamas wing) and that it is merely an anti-Israel communist-front group that seeks the destruction of Israel, which is why it is so liberally funded by the New Israel Fund and the EU. Betselem does not think Jews have the human right not to be murdered by suicide bombers, which is why Israel never should be permitted to exercise any form of self defense against terrorists, other than total capitulation to the Arab fascists of course.

   But now Betselem has gone further than anyone expected in showing its solidarity with suicide bombers and defending their rights. On its web site are the stories and photos of "Palestinians Murdered in Cold Blood by the Israeli Defense Forces", and among these are several mass murderers and suicide murderers, including the peace partner who shot up the Oslo Bat Mitzvah recently, killing six people. In the case of the Bat Mitzvah Nazi, the story is that he was first tackled and pinned by Bat Mitzvah party guests and only THEN was he dispatched to the great peace process in the sky by a passing security guard, obviously yet another inhumane crime against humanity by the Jews, the murder of a poor innocent Palestinian who had not been legally convicted of anything. Check out their web site under www.btselem.org, including the section on violence by (Israeli) security forces and the section on "open fire".

3. Other interesting questions:
   • Do female suicide bombers get 70 virgin males in Paradise?
   • Do they get to run around without their veils?
   • Do they get a $100,000 gift certificate to Victoria’s Secret at the Paradise Mall?
   • Do they get to drive in Heaven? Learn to read?

   What do they get??

Steven Plaut

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